[ale] [OT] clam av for windows

[Michael Trausch]

It also hasn't done anything useful aside from advertising for years. I have
repaired systems that running AVG Free that have had several hundred
infections on them.

I would trust it only as far as I could throw my car.

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On Feb 8, 2011 1:40 PM, "Ron Frazier" <atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com> wrote:
> AVG Free
>
> http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage
>
> Note that it doesn't want to coexist with Microsoft Security Essentials.
>
> Ron
>
> On 02/08/2011 12:02 PM, Tim Watts wrote:
>> Thanks. F-prot also looks good. AVG seems to have discontinued their
>> "free" version. All I could find was a 30-day trial. I'll have to look
>> into that rescue CD. Seems like the most prudent approach for an
>> "unknown" windows system.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 2011-02-08 at 09:49 -0600, Preston Boyington wrote:
>>
>>> Tim Watts wrote:
>>>
>>>> Anyone have experience with this? Is it a decent product?
>>>>
>>> I didn't care for Clam AV on Windows personally, but it's been a few
>>> years so YMMV.
>>>
>>> I've never had any major issues with the free version of AVG. Unless
>>> you go in for them, uncheck the toolbar install.
>>>
>>> Avira is also a decent option. Avira has a nag screen when it updates
>>> the virus signatures (just press "OK" and it goes away) and seems to be
>>> lighter on resources than AVG. Can't speak enough about their "AnitVir
>>> Rescue System" which runs from a Linux LiveCD. :)
>>>
>>> either will do a casual Windows without their needing to go through a
>>> great amount of configuring.
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