--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray27" <steve.sundur@...> wrote: > > I understand. Sometimes I am trying to do things in a hurry, > (especially at work), and if I get stymied, I might try a different > route. But we had AVG for many years and were quite satisfied. > > I admit, "Free" is often the operative word for me in such cases. > > I really don't understand either why people would pay for anti > virus protection when the free versions seem to work just as > well. At least for what I'm doing.
Well, to be honest, *some* of the "free" companies aren't. For example, in one study, something like 50% of the free anti-spyware programs offered on the Web were themselves spyware. When you installed their "free" software, you got an extra added bonus -- spyware that 1) disabled your existing anti-virus or anti-spyware program and inserted in its place 'bots that made it *look* as if these programs were running when they weren't, and 2) tracked your every move on the Internet, databased that information, and then sold it to the highest bidder. I've come to rely on reviews from sources I trust to help me sort out which are the phony "free" software vendors out there, and which are the real ones. Please don't get me wrong. I am SO not against freeware. The product I work on for the Incredibly Big Megacorporation, which enables software developers to "build once, deploy multiple times" when creating mobile applications, has a freeware version. I think it's a sound, and wise, business decision for them to do this. If nerd developers use the product and find it useful -- because it enables them to write apps once for one mobile platform (such as iOS - phones or tablets) and then, without even recompiling or rewriting their code for the new target hardware platform, deploy it to Android devices, and Blackberry devices, and Win8/Windows Phone platforms -- they might eventually be hired by Incredibly Big Megacorporations. And over time, they might recommend to their bosses that they look into it as their "tool of choice." That's the marketing theory, anyway. And I've seen it work; an increasing number of corporations have listed their reason for buying the corporate version (and costs-serious-money version) version of the product as, "Recommended by employees." > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray27" steve.sundur@ > wrote: > > > > > > Hey, what about Microsoft Security Essentials! Free, > > > and hasn't let me down in several years. > > > > > > I did AVG as well, and had no problems. But it always > > > seemed like they put extra steps in the way of getting > > > the free version after a while, and steered you to the > > > fee based program. > > > > I've never had any problem figuring out which > > button to click on their renewal screens. It's > > still free for me after a decade, and still as > > effective. > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > What's the best programme you use ? The new pc wants > > > > > to install Norton and fill the pocket of that gun- > > > > > touting fellow, but surely there must be some free > > > > > and good stuff out there ? > > > > > > > > > > PS: must work with the WIN8, the worst blingbling > > > > > shoppingmall pretending to be an operating-system > > > > > on the planet ! > > > > > > > > > > Any suggestions you might have are very welcome ! > > > > > > > > Nabby, I'm pretty sure you'll interpret this as > > > > me being paid by the CIA or the Dalai Lama or both > > > > to mislead you :-), but it's real free advice, and > > > > worth every penny. > > > > > > > > Since becoming tired of the intrusiveness and non- > > > > user-friendliness of Norton and the ineffectiveness > > > > of Symantec and other Big Name anti-virus programs, > > > > I tried the free version of AVG. I have been using > > > > it now for over a decade, and it has never failed > > > > to detect and shoot dead in its tracks any virus > > > > or spamware infestation that came my way. > > > > > > > > Factor into this that I am what Bhairitu calls an > > > > "eyepatch" kinda guy, and that I tend to hang out > > > > in cafes and thus often use non-secure Wifi sources, > > > > and that is high praise indeed. I *love* AVG. I > > > > suspect that its cost-money versions are even better > > > > than their free version, but I have never needed them. > > > > > > > > Don't know if they have a Win8 version, but I suspect > > > > they do. > > > > > > > > > >
