Re: Need recommendations on security

"anon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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| "Anonymous" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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| > "Frog Prince" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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| >> I've a neighbor lady that has been using zone alarm (free_ and AVG
| >> (free)
| >> without incident for some time but is wants her system set up so that
| >> updates etc are done automatically.   She does not mind paying for the
| >> software but I don;t know what to recommend.  (FWIW She tried Norton
and
| >> McAfee and was not pleased)
| >>
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| > 4) For antivirus, you can't beat AVG. For home users, it's even free.
It's
| > got the best virus-detection ratio, it's unobtrusive, light on system
| > resources, easy to use, and just works.
| >
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| AVG may be a free download but there is a $20-$30 'signup' fee to be paid
at
| the sites before you can download the program. - There IS a 'free' older
| version but who wants an older antivirus program?
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| I do not see anything about updating the virus definitions on any of the
| sites. Again there is an annual or a lifetime fee to enter the site.
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I down loaded two new installs of AVG last night and did not run into the
need for $30 sign up fee.  Perhaps you found an off system site that does
that with free software in the fasion of some of the DLL download sites.