I use it on my home systems and various family PC's I support that aren't running AVG's product already. It does what it says it will do, is inexpensive and doesn't interfere with any of my games or other programs I or my family have been running.
On the bright side, I've also never felt the need to denigrate a product by misspelling it's name in a contemptuous manner either. I've found it more useful to just state positive or negative experiences with them. Of course, other people's experience will likely vary. Steven On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Sam Cayze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > They couldn't GIVE me $200 to run Defender or OneCrap on my PCs, I would > still turn them down! > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stu Sjouwerman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 3:26 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: MS to give away AV/AS, discontinue OneCare in 2009 > > > Yeah. We basically shrugged. Alex's comments here: > http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10102376-83.html > > My 2C - they could not sell it so now they are -giving- it away. > > Warm regards, > > Stu > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 2:48 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: MS to give away AV/AS, discontinue OneCare in 2009 > > AVG and Sunbelt talk to it... > > http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10102376-83.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag > =254 > 7-1_3-0-20 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 2:37 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: MS to give away AV/AS, discontinue OneCare in 2009 > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Carl Houseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> It doesn't seem that there will be any business restrictions on use of > this >> product. If not limited to home/private-consumer use, it will likely > pull >> the rug out from under the other AV companies in the SB market. > > Interesting. I imagine Symantec, NAI, etc., will be upset. Expect an > anti-trust lawsuit. Outside that, I think it does depend on a few > things, though: > > A1. How manageable the free AV is. > A2. How effective it is. > > For A1: You may be tempted to say that a small business doesn't care > about management, but working in a small business, I would say the > opposite: It's the big companies that can afford to pay people full-time > to worry about stuff. Small players *need* the automation tools just to > stay afloat. (Of course, explaining that to the PHBs is tough, but > that's nothing new.) > > For A2: I'm never going to be entirely comfortable with the idea of > using $ANYCORP security software to protect an $ANYCORP system. It's > not that I think Microsoft is doing anything nominally nefarious, it's > that an outside perspective will often yield different results. Just > like financial firms should always be audited by an outside party. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > .. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
