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(OT) I suppose everyone noticed that AVG free anti-spyware......



 
 
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Old November 14th 07, 12:39 AM posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
S.Lewis
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Default (OT) I suppose everyone noticed that AVG free anti-spyware......

.....is actually the old Ewido anti-spyware with the GUI tweaked? (Not unlike
when MS purchased Giant anti-spyware and simply badged the app "MS
anti-spyware" - and prior to ruining it with Windows Defender
replacement/rework)

I'd heard of Ewido but never used it.

That said, AVG AS (which defaults to real-time protection) seems to be
reasonably effective so far as I can tell.

Anyone know more or have opinions about it?

Stew


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Old November 14th 07, 01:17 AM posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
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Default (OT) I suppose everyone noticed that AVG free anti-spyware......

On Nov 13, 5:39 pm, "S.Lewis" wrote:
....is actually the old Ewido anti-spyware with the GUI tweaked? (Not unlike
when MS purchased Giant anti-spyware and simply badged the app "MS
anti-spyware" - and prior to ruining it with Windows Defender
replacement/rework)

I'd heard of Ewido but never used it.

That said, AVG AS (which defaults to real-time protection) seems to be
reasonably effective so far as I can tell.

Anyone know more or have opinions about it?

Stew


I dumped MS Defender (it never found anything). I had Ewido and now
use its incarnation but don't like it as well. And I prefer Avast to
AVG, it works for me!

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Old November 14th 07, 01:37 AM posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
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Default (OT) I suppose everyone noticed that AVG free anti-spyware......

Anyone know more or have opinions about it?

Not sure about the more recent updates, but from a malware / virus
perspective, every machine I used to attend (to fix) that had AVG
installed had at least two active viruses in memory.

For non-free, Kaspersky is hard to beat - and while AOL was doing it
for free (the free updates stopped in July and they moved to McCrappy)
it's what I had on my system. The mail scanner was a little iffy
though I noticed - I scan 7 email accounts concurrently, and it would
often keel over until I disabled all pop / news scanning)

For free, Avira is about the best available, but quite prone to being
a little over-reactive (keygens are flagged as malicious, even if they
only generate keys and carry no payload)

I use Avast now.
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Old November 14th 07, 03:49 AM posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
S.Lewis
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Default (OT) I suppose everyone noticed that AVG free anti-spyware......


"Colin Wilson" o.uk wrote
in message t...
Anyone know more or have opinions about it?


Not sure about the more recent updates, but from a malware / virus
perspective, every machine I used to attend (to fix) that had AVG
installed had at least two active viruses in memory.

For non-free, Kaspersky is hard to beat - and while AOL was doing it
for free (the free updates stopped in July and they moved to McCrappy)
it's what I had on my system. The mail scanner was a little iffy
though I noticed - I scan 7 email accounts concurrently, and it would
often keel over until I disabled all pop / news scanning)

For free, Avira is about the best available, but quite prone to being
a little over-reactive (keygens are flagged as malicious, even if they
only generate keys and carry no payload)

I use Avast now.



Note, sir:

You appear to be speaking of anti-virus programs. I'm speaking of anti-SPY
ware programs.

No flame. That is all.


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Old November 14th 07, 04:24 AM posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
Tony Harding
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Default (OT) I suppose everyone noticed that AVG free anti-spyware......

S.Lewis wrote:
....is actually the old Ewido anti-spyware with the GUI tweaked? (Not unlike
when MS purchased Giant anti-spyware and simply badged the app "MS
anti-spyware" - and prior to ruining it with Windows Defender
replacement/rework)

I'd heard of Ewido but never used it.

That said, AVG AS (which defaults to real-time protection) seems to be
reasonably effective so far as I can tell.

Anyone know more or have opinions about it?


I switched to AVG with Firewall just over a year ago and have been happy
with it since. It's caught a few minor viruses/worms so far. In making
the switch, I junked Zonealarm Pro and Norton's AV, formerly good
products which evolved into being not so great products IMHO.
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Old November 14th 07, 11:04 PM posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
Colin Wilson
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Default (OT) I suppose everyone noticed that AVG free anti-spyware......

You appear to be speaking of anti-virus programs. I'm speaking of anti-SPY
ware programs.


Apologies - I must have been tired :-}
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Old November 15th 07, 03:17 AM posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
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Default (OT) I suppose everyone noticed that AVG free anti-spyware......


"Colin Wilson" o.uk wrote
in message t...
You appear to be speaking of anti-virus programs. I'm speaking of
anti-SPY
ware programs.


Apologies - I must have been tired :-}



None needed sir.

In fact, due to the increasing number of software security "suites" out
there the line becomes more blurred every day in any event.


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Old November 15th 07, 03:53 AM posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
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Default (OT) I suppose everyone noticed that AVG free anti-spyware......

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:17:05 -0600, "S.Lewis"
wrote:


"Colin Wilson" o.uk wrote
in message t...
You appear to be speaking of anti-virus programs. I'm speaking of
anti-SPY
ware programs.


Apologies - I must have been tired :-}



None needed sir.

In fact, due to the increasing number of software security "suites" out
there the line becomes more blurred every day in any event.



Excellent point Stew !!
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Old November 16th 07, 08:19 AM posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
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Default (OT) I suppose everyone noticed that AVG free anti-spyware......

On Nov 14, 6:17 pm, "S.Lewis" wrote:
"Colin Wilson" o.uk wrote
in dual.net...

You appear to be speaking of anti-virus programs. I'm speaking of
anti-SPY
ware programs.


Apologies - I must have been tired :-}


None needed sir.

In fact, due to the increasing number of software security "suites" out
there the line becomes more blurred every day in any event.


Actually I feel the link between viruses, spyware, and malware is so
strong that it is not useful anymore to distinguish among them.
Spyware invites viruses, and like viruses use many of the same methods
of compromizing a system.

The suites aren't responsible for blurring the line. They exist merely
because the line came pre-blurred.

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Old November 16th 07, 03:41 PM posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
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Default (OT) I suppose everyone noticed that AVG free anti-spyware......

Too true. The traditional brand names in AV software (McAfee, Norton, Trend,
etc) all ignored ad-ware, malware, spyware for too long. Did they fear lawsuits
for detecting and removing this slime? Who knows? But the upshot is that
people sometimes have to run two or three sets of software to make sure that
their systems are not compromised. Of course, Windows' weak security with the
long-time absence of any safeguards has a lot to do with the mess we're in.

.... Ben Myers

On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:19:19 -0800 (PST), "
wrote:

On Nov 14, 6:17 pm, "S.Lewis" wrote:
"Colin Wilson" o.uk wrote
in dual.net...

You appear to be speaking of anti-virus programs. I'm speaking of
anti-SPY
ware programs.


Apologies - I must have been tired :-}


None needed sir.

In fact, due to the increasing number of software security "suites" out
there the line becomes more blurred every day in any event.


Actually I feel the link between viruses, spyware, and malware is so
strong that it is not useful anymore to distinguish among them.
Spyware invites viruses, and like viruses use many of the same methods
of compromizing a system.

The suites aren't responsible for blurring the line. They exist merely
because the line came pre-blurred.

 




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