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  • Re: Anti-Virus Programs

    From Daryl Stout@1:2320/33 to Denis Mosko on Tue Sep 14 12:28:00 2021
    Denis,

    Is F-PROT free (non-commercial) or commercial program olny?

    I think the only "free" anti-virus program is AVG, but the
    features are limited. All the other anti-virus programs are
    now commercialware.

    Daryl

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  • From Denis Mosko@1:153/757.1315 to Daryl Stout on Wed Sep 15 06:51:20 2021
    //Hello Daryl, //

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    Denis,

    Is F-PROT free (non-commercial) or commercial program olny?

    I think the only "free" anti-virus program is AVG, but the features are limited. All the other anti-virus programs are now commercialware.

    Daryl, give me URL of AVG for Windows 7x86!
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  • From Daryl Stout@1:2320/33 to Denis Mosko on Wed Sep 15 12:49:00 2021
    Denis,

    Daryl, give me URL of AVG for Windows 7x86!

    https://avg-antivirus.en.lo4d.com/windows

    This works with 32-bit and 64-bit.

    Daryl

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  • From Jay Harris@1:229/664 to Daryl Stout on Wed Sep 15 18:31:58 2021
    On 15 Sep 2021, Daryl Stout said the following...

    https://avg-antivirus.en.lo4d.com/windows

    This works with 32-bit and 64-bit.

    Fun Fact: AVG was purchased by Avast in 2006 & Avast was just purchased by Norton in August 2021.


    Jay

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  • From Daryl Stout@1:2320/33 to Jay Harris on Thu Sep 16 00:40:00 2021
    Jay,

    Fun Fact: AVG was purchased by Avast in 2006 & Avast was just
    purchased by Norton in August 2021.

    I've used several anti-virus programs over the years, including AVG,
    McAfee, Sophos, F-Prot, CA Internet Security, and now IObit...it has
    an anti-malware and anti-ransomware engine, and an additional database
    to protect from malware/ransomware. I also use several of their products
    on my computers.

    Daryl

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  • From Denis Mosko@1:153/757.1315 to Daryl Stout on Thu Sep 16 12:55:42 2021
    //Hello Daryl, //

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    *Jay Harris* Theme *"Re: Anti-Virus Programs"*.

    CA Internet Security
    By firm: Computer Associates
    or
    which now?


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  • From Jay Harris@1:229/664 to Denis Mosko on Thu Sep 16 08:14:08 2021
    On 16 Sep 2021, Denis Mosko said the following...

    AVG was purchased by Avast in 2006 & Avast was just purchased by Norton
    in August 2021.

    Firms: Norton Computing is Symantec now?

    Symantec was purchased by Broadcom in 2019 who renamed them to NortonLifeLock.


    Jay

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  • From Daryl Stout@1:2320/33 to Denis Mosko on Thu Sep 16 09:01:00 2021
    Denis,

    CA Internet Security
    By firm: Computer Associates
    or
    which now?

    I'm not sure...it has been so long since I used it.

    I have noted that each of these anti-virus programs are very
    "territorial", and they consider "competing anti-virus programs"
    as "an active threat" for the database files. However, I've noted
    that the virus utility from Sophos works well with these programs.

    Daryl

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  • From Dennis Scott@1:275/89 to Jay Harris on Sun Feb 26 09:26:10 2023
    Re: Re: Anti-Virus Programs
    By: Jay Harris to Daryl Stout on Wed Sep 15 2021 06:31 pm

    Avast is now GEN as of last week.

    About the time we get to know something, it changes...


    On 15 Sep 2021, Daryl Stout said the following...

    https://avg-antivirus.en.lo4d.com/windows

    This works with 32-bit and 64-bit.

    Fun Fact: AVG was purchased by Avast in 2006 & Avast was just purchased by


    Jay

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    Cheers,
    Dennis
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  • From Daryl Stout@1:2320/33 to Dennis Scott on Mon Feb 27 00:36:00 2023
    Dennis,

    Avast is now GEN as of last week.

    About the time we get to know something, it changes...

    That's why they want to us to spend money we don't have on
    items we don't need, and can't afford.

    Microsoft Windows is a perfect example. They are ending
    support for Windows 10 in October, 2025, and that also kills
    support for anything 32-bit or less (they already ended any
    support for Windows 8 and below).

    I can NOT see discarding perfectly good working hardware and
    software, just to satisfy the corporate greed of Microsoft's
    bottom line...especially when I'm disabled and on a fixed income.

    Most folks will likely not worry about security updates for
    Windows 10 after October, 2025...or likely go to Linux.

    Daryl

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