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Old November 21st 10, 02:39 PM posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
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Default OT? Internet Security for my Dell 2400

Looks as if I may have to give up computing. I can only afford DIAL
UP, which is not conducive to the 'startup' downloading of 90MB's
of anti-virus definitions...as PC TOOLS requires

Apple is MUCH smarter. "Intego" security software for Apple, offers
the downloads, broken down into 5 different areas, so you're not
online for hours and hours,only to be knocked off line, for whatever
reason. If someone offered that for DIAL UP PC's? WOW!!!

Any suggestions? I asked PC Tools, but they said to have a friend on
broadband do it for me. What friend would load the behemoth PC Tools
on his PC , then download 90mbs of definitions , then transfer it
over to my PC, or burn it on a CD, then erase everything from his
computer; I haven't seen any friends like that in years! And I don't
have family.

Need suggestions, please?
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Old November 21st 10, 03:47 PM posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
Bob Villa
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Default OT? Internet Security for my Dell 2400

On Nov 21, 7:39*am, "
wrote:
Looks as if I may have to give up computing. I can only afford DIAL
UP, which *is *not conducive to the 'startup' *downloading of 90MB's
of anti-virus definitions...as *PC TOOLS requires

Apple is MUCH smarter. "Intego" security software for Apple, offers
the downloads, broken down into 5 different areas, *so you're not
online for hours and hours,only to be knocked off line, for whatever
reason. If someone offered that for DIAL UP PC's? *WOW!!!

Any suggestions? I asked PC Tools, but *they said to have a friend on
broadband do it for me. What friend would load the behemoth PC Tools
on his PC , *then download 90mbs of definitions , then transfer it
over to my PC, or burn it on a CD, then erase everything from his
computer; I haven't seen any friends like that in years! And I don't
have family.

Need suggestions, please?


90Mb to a flash drive would be a snap for anyone with cable or DSL (I
do it at work and bring it home). You could also download Avast
Free!. It's just A/V but works well with dial-up and it's not a huge
download.
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Old November 21st 10, 04:26 PM posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
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Default OT? Internet Security for my Dell 2400

On Nov 21, 7:47*am, Bob Villa wrote:
On Nov 21, 7:39*am, "





wrote:
Looks as if I may have to give up computing. I can only afford DIAL
UP, which *is *not conducive to the 'startup' *downloading of 90MB's
of anti-virus definitions...as *PC TOOLS requires


Apple is MUCH smarter. "Intego" security software for Apple, offers
the downloads, broken down into 5 different areas, *so you're not
online for hours and hours,only to be knocked off line, for whatever
reason. If someone offered that for DIAL UP PC's? *WOW!!!


Any suggestions? I asked PC Tools, but *they said to have a friend on
broadband do it for me. What friend would load the behemoth PC Tools
on his PC , *then download 90mbs of definitions , then transfer it
over to my PC, or burn it on a CD, then erase everything from his
computer; I haven't seen any friends like that in years! And I don't
have family.


Need suggestions, please?


90Mb to a flash drive would be a snap for anyone with cable or DSL (I
do it at work and bring it home). *You could also download Avast
Free!. *It's just A/V but works well with dial-up and it's not a huge
download.


Thanx! I had a tire fixed at, "Discount Tires" last week. the guy's
name was Bob Villa! Imagine? Two in one week. Or.....just one???
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Old November 21st 10, 08:25 PM posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
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Default OT? Internet Security for my Dell 2400

On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 07:26:11 -0800 (PST), "
wrote:

On Nov 21, 7:47*am, Bob Villa wrote:
On Nov 21, 7:39*am, "





wrote:
Looks as if I may have to give up computing. I can only afford DIAL
UP, which *is *not conducive to the 'startup' *downloading of 90MB's
of anti-virus definitions...as *PC TOOLS requires


Apple is MUCH smarter. "Intego" security software for Apple, offers
the downloads, broken down into 5 different areas, *so you're not
online for hours and hours,only to be knocked off line, for whatever
reason. If someone offered that for DIAL UP PC's? *WOW!!!


Any suggestions? I asked PC Tools, but *they said to have a friend on
broadband do it for me. What friend would load the behemoth PC Tools
on his PC , *then download 90mbs of definitions , then transfer it
over to my PC, or burn it on a CD, then erase everything from his
computer; I haven't seen any friends like that in years! And I don't
have family.


Need suggestions, please?


90Mb to a flash drive would be a snap for anyone with cable or DSL (I
do it at work and bring it home). *You could also download Avast
Free!. *It's just A/V but works well with dial-up and it's not a huge
download.


Thanx! I had a tire fixed at, "Discount Tires" last week. the guy's
name was Bob Villa! Imagine? Two in one week. Or.....just one???



Yeah Bob gets around and is a man of all trades grin.

Back on topic..... do you have a laptop with a wifi card? Then you
could go to a place offering free wifi and download on a flash drive.
Or if you don't have one, can you find a friend to do this for you on
a flash drive?

Another alternative is to use a software based download manager with a
auto-resume feature so you can stop and continue as you please till
you get the entire download.
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Old November 21st 10, 09:28 PM posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
Bob Villa
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Default OT? Internet Security for my Dell 2400

On Nov 21, 9:20*am, Pen wrote:
On 11/21/2010 8:39 AM, wrote:

Looks as if I may have to give up computing. I can only afford DIAL
UP, which *is *not conducive to the 'startup' *downloading of 90MB's
of anti-virus definitions...as *PC TOOLS requires


Apple is MUCH smarter. "Intego" security software for Apple, offers
the downloads, broken down into 5 different areas, *so you're not
online for hours and hours,only to be knocked off line, for whatever
reason. If someone offered that for DIAL UP PC's? *WOW!!!


Any suggestions? I asked PC Tools, but *they said to have a friend on
broadband do it for me. What friend would load the behemoth PC Tools
on his PC , *then download 90mbs of definitions , then transfer it
over to my PC, or burn it on a CD, then erase everything from his
computer; I haven't seen any friends like that in years! And I don't
have family.


Need suggestions, please?


Microsoft Security Essentials is only 12.4MB.http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/


I tried MSE and it is problematic updating on a slow connection. I
had to remove it.
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Old November 21st 10, 09:36 PM posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
Bob Villa
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Default OT? Internet Security for my Dell 2400

On Nov 21, 9:26*am, "
wrote:
On Nov 21, 7:47*am, Bob Villa wrote:



90Mb to a flash drive would be a snap for anyone with cable or DSL (I
do it at work and bring it home). *You could also download Avast
Free!. *It's just A/V but works well with dial-up and it's not a huge
download.


Thanx! *I had a tire fixed at, "Discount Tires" last week. the guy's
name was Bob Villa! *Imagine? Two in one week. Or.....just one???


No that was the real Bob Villa at the tire place...I managed to
procure the name from Google.
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Old November 24th 10, 04:08 AM posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
William R. Walsh
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Default OT? Internet Security for my Dell 2400

Hi!

Looks as if I may have to give up computing. I can only afford DIAL
UP, which is not conducive to the 'startup' downloading of 90MB's
of anti-virus definitions...as PC TOOLS requires


Surely not just AV definitions, but probably also program updates?

Apple is MUCH smarter. "Intego" security software for Apple


Uh, hahahahahahahahaha. *All* anti-virus software for the Macintosh royally
_hoovers_. (As in the vacuum cleaner.)

Apple has nothing to do with the Intego product.

If someone offered that for DIAL UP PC's? WOW!!!


That's merely intelligent software design, not a catering to dial up users.
I'm sorry to say that whether it is right or wrong, the connected world is
leaving dial-up users in the dust for the most part. This is wrong in my
book, but when there aren't very many left, what do you do to convince
people of that?

Other AV software vendors do have such options for resuming an interrupted
download. Sometimes they even work.

What friend would load the behemoth PC Tools
on his PC , then download 90mbs of definitions , then transfer it
over to my PC, or burn it on a CD, then erase everything from his
computer; I haven't seen any friends like that in years! And I don't
have family.


You wouldn't do it that way. Chances are good that PC Tools has some
standalone updaters that do not require installation on the other computer.
You merely download the ones you need from another PC, save them to some
sufficiently large storage media and there you have it. Although again, I
agree...that's not a convenient thing to be doing regularly.

Need suggestions, please?


Change AV providers. Not sure how feasible this really is, as large updates
are going to happen with almost any product. Anyone you know still also on
dial-up? What do they do?

What would your Internet Service Provider recommend if you called or
e-mailed them? If they have any amount of dial-up customers, I'll bet they
would have an answer.

William


 




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