From: "Eric C. Vogel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: PCWorks: Recommending AVG (v*irus checker) Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 11:01:38 -0500
Every version of NAV I installed has manual scan and active scanning set to all files. To give the PC more power, I set the active to smartscan. Never had a roblem with viruses getting by. Thank you, Eric Vogel ----- Original Message ----- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 8:54 AM Subject: Re: PCWorks: Recommending AVG (v*irus checker) > While I've never been a defender of McAfee products, an AV > program is only as good as it's settings (other than of course > the latest definitions). Most, if not all AV software by > default can let all kinds of things through because they don't > scan everything. It could be you never had McAfee set > correctly to scan *EVERYTHING*. Every AV program should be > opened up and its "options", "preferences", or "settings" area, > whatever, should be set to "scan EVERYTHING" in both the manual > scanner and any "real time" scanner. The exception was an old > version of NAV I was using where I selected "choose file types" > for the types of files scanned, and I added every known file > extension. That caught more than "scan all files". FYI, by > default most AV software only scans Program files. This leaves > a multitude of files not scanned. > > As for why is it free......dunno. I wonder that a lot about > many great programs and software that's free. I guess it all > starts with someone who has a hobby and just loves it, and > wants to work at it eventually developing some software and > then just giving it away (sometimes called "Open source"). > That's probably how must programs get started, but most change > to making it a living and start to charge for it. > > Netscape does "look good", I like it's *appearance* better than > IE, but it doesn't have the features or speed of IE6. I've > heard bad things about NS 7.x so you may want to stay clear of > it. NS 4.9 is, well was available I don't know if it still is, > so you should look into using it since 4.7x & 4.8 may not be > able to be updated any longer. It looks the same as v4.79. If > I recall correctly, the last time I tried to update 4.79 I > couldn't. (I don't have it installed on this PC). > > (How are you typing " " and what does it mean? It may not > display the same in all email programs, but I see it as a VERY > thin "HTML looking" vertical line, much thinner than any > vertical letters like "i" or the left side of "D", etc. I just > pasted it from your email to that area above between the > quotes). > -Clint > > God Bless Us All > Clint Hamilton, Owner > http://OrpheusComputing.com ) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Harold B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hello again, > > Hugh again, thank you for all your html teaching regarding > the table tags that will take the place of the marginwidth > tags (those that are inside the body tags). Maybe gradually, > as I review the files in individual sections of the site, I'll > make those changes. > > Same thing with the CSS tags that obviate the need for font > tags within the page. Usually I don't do it but should I want > to change the font size for any line within the page, I'm > assuming that in that case, I would have to do that with a > <font> </font> tag. > > While I'm typing this, I have that AVG v*irus checker going; > I've already removed all references to McAfee (which I really > never used because I felt it was doing nothing). That AVG is > beautiful (and it's the free version), and it found one v*irus > in my Page1 folder, which I think it removed. I say that > because upon re-running the checker, it found no v*irus. > > For anyone interested, it can be obtained at > http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php just follow the links > to their download page. What I found interesting is that when > registering to get a registration code to complete the setup > (all that's required is your name, an email address, and your > country), giving them a hotmail address doesn't work. When I > gave them this harold7 address, the registration was accepted. > It took me four different registrations and two downloads to > figure that one out. > > It also checked that Read/Write CD I keep in my D-drive. That > R/W CD is where I keep all backups and copies of whatever > programs I've downloaded from the internet and which I think > are valuable. AVG looks like one of the best things to come > down the pike. My question is, why do they make this available > to me; I haven't paid them a penny. I guess I can ask that > about many of the freebies I've downloaded in my computer > experience. > > I'm still using Net 4.79 the reason is stupid but it "kinda" > looks good to me; that's the only look I've ever seen. What's > that about "old habits"? In time I'll probably graduate to Net > 7.1 or Explorer. > > Harold ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
