In theory a good idea but in practice a little unrealistic at the moment I think. sadly it looks like we may not be spoilt for choice and we may not have this luxury. . In an ideal world we could line up a set of accessible comparable internet security programs and find relative merits on security performance. With Norton, MacAfee, AVG, and NOD32 all going inaccessible now to already add to pre-existing inaccessible programs it's a pretty bleak outlook and it is difficult to see what can be compared. I already had to remove the security program that came with my PC as it was inaccessible. It actually rated pretty highly in security terms but was useless as it kept on alerting me and I could not do anything to respond to it.
Some people have recommended Avast on this list but I would personally be reluctant to go back to this as it completely screwed up a PC of mine a few years ago , I had to spend hours trying to change registry settings and I had to eventually do a complete new windows install. Hopefully its not so aggressive with its modification of windows now but it was a program I vowed never to use again. I have heard some reports that Pccillen is still accessible but I do not know much about this. I am with AVG 7.5 for the time being and as long as I am not compelled to move up to 8 I should b ok. I think all of us on this list using AVG should send emails backing up the one that David sent. Regards David Griffith -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob J. Sent: Saturday, 29 March 2008 18:13 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] security software and anti virus programs I agree that accessibility is a major issue for those of us on this list, however, it seems to me that the primary issue is whether or not the software does an effective job. How do we evaluate the performance of these several packages? ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ferrin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 6:00 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] security software and anti virus programs Do you or anybody have information on BitDefender Internet Security 2008? According to the spec sheet it is virtually the same as AVG internet security, but of course the question is if it is accessible or not. David Ferrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don and Cher Bosch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 3:27 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] security software and anti virus programs > I've been successfully using BitDefender Antivirus Plus v10 for about 18 > months. It's an entire suite, was highly recommended by > Cnet, and is totally accessible by selecting the components from the > system > tray. It costs $50 for a license for 2 computers for two years. Not bad! > The only time I've had to use the JAWS cursor was when configuring a > scheduled scan. > > Cher > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Ferrin > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 9:40 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [JAWS-Users] security software and anti virus programs > > So if I am following this thread correctly AVG 8 is no longer accessible. > If > memory serves Norton hasn't been accessible for a few years already. Nod > 32 > has stopped being usable by screen readers, and MacAfee hasn't been an > issue > for a long time. So the question is what are we supposed to do in order to > protect ourselves from the nasty people of the world. Can I stay with AVG > 7.5 or are they going to try and force me to upgrade? There is also this > program called something like CA or near to that name, any ideas on that > out > there? > David Ferrin > www.jaws-users.com > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or > body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
