I agree. AV is a customer responsibility. The vendor responsibility is to
suggest/counsel as the subject matter expert. Yes, it is nice to be a
"good person" and help a customer out. But, with all the AV's I have ever
used, none are perfect; and, all require some sort of USER/Customer
intervention to be as effective as possible. Let's call it an "unintended
consequence of the Internet." If the customer chooses "Que Sari Sari..."
so be it. Believe the machine will be back again like a homing pigeon for
another cleaning. It's business........ :)
Best,
Duncan
At 10:40 01/11/2008 -0600, you wrote:
Hello Thane,
Friday, January 11, 2008, 3:48:52 AM, you wrote:
> At 09:26 PM 10/01/2008, Joe User wrote:
>>Hello FORC5,
>>
>>Thursday, January 10, 2008, 4:10:05 PM, you wrote:
>>
>> > As far as free AV goes, been using AVG but was playing with Avast.
>>
>> > Opinions appreciated. ( for customer boxen )
>> > fp
>>
>>IMHO - Don't do it, esp. where a client is involved.
> Absolutely correct. Free AVs generally aren't as good a for pay AVs,
> and since clients generally go out and look for trouble, you aren't
> doing them any favours by giving them a false sense of confidence.
> T
Free is better then none but let them make the call - don't get
involved if they can't spare 30-50 bucks for protection.
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Regards,
joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...
