> -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Kear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 8:59 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Any Free/Low cost anti-spam/anti-virus software? > > I'm at the point where I have to renew my licenses for my anti-virus > software, and my anti-spam is going to have to be renewed soon, so I'm > looking for alternatives. Both of them are not really keeping up with > the current pace. > > Are there any good low cost/free/ anti spam measures available?
I second the suggestion to go to office update and make sure you've updated the spam filters. It really does help immensely. It's not perfect tho (what is?). Right now it's catching (with no training on my part) about 90% of spam on the "low" setting. I could move it to "High" and catch more but then some real email gets caught and it's easier to delete to uncaught spam than to go through all the caught spam looking for good messages (on low I've never seen a real message get caught). I've also used "IHateSpam" (at www.sunbeltsoftware.com) and it was also very good - it's something like $20 (although you only get a year of updates - then you pay $10 to upgrade). > Are there any good low cost/free/ anti virus measures available? Panda is cheap and seems to work well (there's also a free online scanner from Panda). I'm not sure what you consider "cheap" but personally I just McAfee Internet Security (I was using Norton but hated the fact that you couldn't NOT use their spam filter). It's $70 as a download and includes Firewall, Spam protection, Anti-virus and Privacy services. For the most part it's worked well for me (which is to say that it's crashed less than others - in my experience protection software almost always causes more problems than it solves.) Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:204180 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
