Gary, Actually, I am on a computer assist email list and most of the computer experts there agree these free ones are just as good as the pay ones and use less resources. AVG Grisoft is one of the popular ones.
Jeff Dougherty Intrepid Video TV/VCR 263 S Front St Steelton PA 17113 fax...717-564-4952 www.intrepid-video.com www.tech-repair.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary McCartney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ELECTRONICS PROFESSIONALS LIST" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 11:19 AM Subject: Re: [Techs] WHO DONE IT!!!!! Bil, it probably has the approval rating because it IS free. I use Norton 2003 and I have absolutely no problem with it. It automatically downloads the new updates and it caught this new virus that just came out the day before. Maybe some people don't have their Norton configured right or something if they have complaints about it. My theory is I'll use Norton because they are a big outfit and therefore I would think that they would have more research and development in catching viruses than the little company. Maybe the little company might contract to use the Norton engine, who knows? I personally wouldn't trust a "free" virus scanning service to catch all the viruses, nor would I trust them scanning my hard drive for fear that they would be "snooping" my files. They have to do something for money, and maybe snooping files is their income? Just my opinion- I could be totally wrong. Gary McCartney McCartney Electronics Guelph Ontario Canada Est. 1984 email: gary (at) number63.ca Bil Green wrote: > > I don't know why everyone is so big on Norton. Here is the user > approval rating (at download.com) for Norton Antivirus 2004: > 28% (from 234 votes). If it's this bad they should give everyone > a refund. > > Avast Anitivirus has an 89% approval rating (over 400 votes) > and it's free. I prefer to use Panda Titanium. > > -- > Best regards, > > Bil Green > 2001 TV VCR > Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546 > 760-934-2001 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Friday, January 30, 2004, 9:10:25 PM, you wrote: > > MW> Good Jeff. It should also be mentioned that Norton protection costs less > MW> than $30.00 per year. It does piss me off that we have loose cannons out > MW> there who have no regard for the other person. Heck. > > MW> Mark Wentowski > MW> Perry Hill Electronics > MW> 3836 Harrison Rd. > MW> Montgomery AL 36109 > MW> phone: (334)279-5622 > MW> fax: (334)273-9050 > MW> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > MW> -----Original Message----- > MW> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > MW> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Intrepid Video > MW> Support > MW> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 9:41 PM > MW> To: ELECTRONICS PROFESSIONALS LIST > MW> Subject: Re: [Techs] WHO DONE IT!!!!! > > MW> Mark, > MW> Sounds like you do more than most. _______________________________________________ Tech Repair CD...order your just $49.00 plus shipping...One year of updates free. www.intrepid-video.com www.tech-repair.net Techs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://intrepid-video.com/mailman/listinfo/techs_intrepid-video.com
