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    From Matt Munson@1:102/943 to All on Fri Dec 31 23:23:10 2010
    I used to run ESET, but NOD32 disabled my Synchronet setup. Kaspersky is not that bad.
    But anyone have any alternatives that eat less memory or do not cost that much?

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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to Matt Munson on Fri Jan 14 01:55:00 2011
    Matt Munson wrote to All <=-

    I used to run ESET, but NOD32 disabled my Synchronet setup. Kaspersky
    is not that bad.
    But anyone have any alternatives that eat less memory or do not cost
    that much?

    I'm trying out Avast. I usually use AVG, but was looking for something a
    bit smaller. So far, so good - although I get more false positives with
    Avast.

    Both Avast and AVG are free. Avast is telling me it's license is only good until 9/2011, we'll see what happens then.

    --kW


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  • From Gord Hannah@1:17/23 to Matt Munson on Fri Jan 14 07:17:39 2011
    Replying to a message from Matt Munson 1:102/943 to All,

    About bbs friendly anti virus, On Fri Dec 31 2010

    F-Prot, clamAV, AVG come to mind.

    Hope this helps. Keep us posted.

    We are a fine board trying to make it better.
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  • From Scott Brown@1:261/220 to Kurt Weiske on Thu Jan 20 12:33:44 2011
    I'm trying out Avast. I usually use AVG, but was looking for something a bit smaller. So far, so good - although I get more false positives with Avast.

    Both Avast and AVG are free. Avast is telling me it's license is only good until 9/2011, we'll see what happens then.

    Hi Kurt,

    If I remember correctly, Avast is free, but you have to register it each year with a working email address.

    Scott....

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12 to Kurt Weiske on Fri Jan 21 18:07:07 2011

    Both Avast and AVG are free. Avast is telling me it's license is
    only good until 9/2011, we'll see what happens then.

    that's easy... you send in another free registration request and get a free license sent to your email to put into avast... i've been using avast for years
    and do this once a year for each of the machines it is protecting...

    as for FPs, i only get them in the security lists i participate in when we are exchanging signature data that avast has (stupidly??) decided to blanket cover no matter where it shows up instead of restricting the detection to only the places where is can/does show up... in those instances, i just tell avast to ignore it and report it as a FP to avast and carry on...

    i have NEVER been able to get AVG to install and work on any machines, period... this since AVG first appeared on the market... no, i've not fought it
    nor have i gone seeking answers... i install it, reboot and if there's a problem, attempt to install it once more... no go? remove it, clean up its crap
    and move on to something else that does work... no big deal :)

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  • From Andrew Leary@1:320/219 to Kurt Weiske on Sat Jan 22 17:57:59 2011
    Hello Kurt.

    14 Jan 11 01:55, you wrote to Matt Munson:

    Both Avast and AVG are free. Avast is telling me it's license is only
    good until 9/2011, we'll see what happens then.

    Avast probably will want you to subscribe to continue receiving definition updates. I have the U3 version on one of my flash drives, and it recently started complaining that my license was expired and asking me to renew it for continued protection.

    Andrew

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