[ale] Free, trustworthy, anti-virus software

Ken Cochran kwc at TheWorld.com
Tue Jul 20 10:36:04 EDT 2010


So AVG kinda drank the kool-aid & got big, fat & slow, & lotsa
tentacles a la the Big Two "retail" AV suites?  Been looking
for alternatives to them myself kinda...  -kc

> Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:51:08 -0400
> From: Chuck Payne <terrorpup at gmail.com>
> To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!" <ale at ale.org>
> Subject: Re: [ale] Free, trustworthy, anti-virus software
>
> +1 on Comodo, I use to like AVG, but Comodo is much better.
>
> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 12:30 AM, wolf at wolfhalton.info
> <wolf at wolfhalton.info> wrote:
> > Comodo Internet security for home use.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Richard Bronosky <Richard at bronosky.com>
> > Reply-to: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale at ale.org>
> > To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale at ale.org>
> > Subject: [ale] Free, trustworthy, anti-virus software
> > Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:53:27 -0400
> >
> > I have to install something on my nephew's machine. It dual boots
> > Linux, but he always boots to windoze to play his mind rotting games.
> > Then he gets system rotting viruses. Let's avoid out of scope
> > discussion and focus on the problem at hand. Free anti-virus software
> > with free regular updates, for the despicable operating system -
> > windoze.


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