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[Rob <becida AT comcast.net>]

I've been using AVG for a while now with no problems that I'm aware 
of. It's free so it passes your "two cents" requirement <g>. If any 
one has any warnings about  AVG I'd be more than happy to hear them.

Rob
becida AT comcast.net


At  12/30/2008 04:34 PM,Sage Austin | Eureka! Design wrote:
> I had a bad experience with Norton several years ago and switched to
> McAffee. Now I wouldn't pay two cents for either. I'm sorry to hear your
> hard drive was reformatted. That's what the first shop wanted to do, but
> the second technician was able to reinstall Windows over the existing
> one messed up by the virus. Just reloading all my software would have
> taken days, so I'm glad to have it all back in working order.
>
>
>
> Leslie wrote:
> > Norton didn't stop it either........... my computer totally 
> crashed last week.
> >
> > When I finally called Dell for help, they skipped the routine 300 
> question drive you nuts routine very quickly and skipped straight 
> to re-format hard drive.......... something was definitely going 
> 'round.  Although they stated something about a Win update.........
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- On Mon, 12/29/08, Sage Austin | Eureka! Design <eureka AT hctc.net> wrote:
> >
> > From: Sage Austin | Eureka! Design <eureka AT hctc.net>
> > Subject: [Homestead] Anti-virus software
> > To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > Date: Monday, December 29, 2008, 9:58 PM
> >
> > Just wanted to say my computer has been in the shop for two weeks being
> > repaired because McAffee anti-virus software was not able to stop the
> > thing that came in through Internet Explorer and disabled my firewall.
> > There's no way I can catch up with all the past posts, but I think I saw
> > some some that might have been about this. I am now using Prevx Edge
> > which was recommended by the second shop that got me back up and running.
> >
> > --Sage
>
>
> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com
> Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.1/1869 - Release Date: 
> 12/30/2008 12:06 PM