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Old February 22nd 10, 01:09 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Can anyone please suggest a good free antivirus?
I'm tired of paying for norton.
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Old February 22nd 10, 02:40 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Can anyone please suggest a good free antivirus?
I'm tired of paying for norton.


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Old February 22nd 10, 02:40 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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In ,
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Can anyone please suggest a good free antivirus?
I'm tired of paying for norton.


AVG

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Old February 22nd 10, 03:07 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:09:42 +0000, Surfer Joe
wrote:

Can anyone please suggest a good free antivirus?
I'm tired of paying for norton.



Besides the cost of Norton, it's probably the *worst* anti-virus
program available.

The two best freeware programs are Avast and Avira. Avg is another
choice that isn't too bad, but is much inferior to either Avast or
Avira.

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Old February 22nd 10, 03:07 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:09:42 +0000, Surfer Joe
wrote:

Can anyone please suggest a good free antivirus?
I'm tired of paying for norton.



Besides the cost of Norton, it's probably the *worst* anti-virus
program available.

The two best freeware programs are Avast and Avira. Avg is another
choice that isn't too bad, but is much inferior to either Avast or
Avira.

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Old February 22nd 10, 04:07 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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And you going to use an antivirus program just because we say so?
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Surfer Joe wrote:
Can anyone please suggest a good free antivirus?
I'm tired of paying for norton.

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Old February 22nd 10, 04:07 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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And you going to use an antivirus program just because we say so?
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Surfer Joe wrote:
Can anyone please suggest a good free antivirus?
I'm tired of paying for norton.

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Old February 22nd 10, 04:26 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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On 21 Feb 2010, Leonard Grey wrote in
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And you going to use an antivirus program just because we say so?


And you make mangle sentance like typewriter monkey?
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Old February 22nd 10, 04:26 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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On 21 Feb 2010, Leonard Grey wrote in
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And you going to use an antivirus program just because we say so?


And you make mangle sentance like typewriter monkey?
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Old February 22nd 10, 04:41 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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On 2/21/2010 6:09 PM, Surfer Joe wrote:
Can anyone please suggest a good free antivirus?
I'm tired of paying for norton.


There are several to choose from. Best thing is to download them and
try them out for yourself and decide which is right for you. Here's a
list of some popular free antivirus programs:

Microsoft Security Essentials: http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/
Avast!: http://www.avast.com/index
AVG: http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage

I'm sure that you will get recommendations for other programs as well...

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Old February 22nd 10, 04:41 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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On 2/21/2010 6:09 PM, Surfer Joe wrote:
Can anyone please suggest a good free antivirus?
I'm tired of paying for norton.


There are several to choose from. Best thing is to download them and
try them out for yourself and decide which is right for you. Here's a
list of some popular free antivirus programs:

Microsoft Security Essentials: http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/
Avast!: http://www.avast.com/index
AVG: http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage

I'm sure that you will get recommendations for other programs as well...

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Timestamp: Sunday, February 21, 2010 9:41:29 PM
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Old February 22nd 10, 02:59 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Lern grammer and speling befor you criticizse otherz.

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: And you make mangle sentance like typewriter monkey?


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Old February 22nd 10, 02:59 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Lern grammer and speling befor you criticizse otherz.

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Old February 22nd 10, 04:02 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:41:34 -0600, Roy Smith
wrote:

On 2/21/2010 6:09 PM, Surfer Joe wrote:
Can anyone please suggest a good free antivirus?
I'm tired of paying for norton.


There are several to choose from. Best thing is to download them and
try them out for yourself and decide which is right for you.



Trying them yourself and deciding which is right for you is excellent
advice for almost all kinds of software. But the one kind of software
where I think it's poor advice (very poor advice) is security
software. The don't all work equally well, and it's very difficult to
determine for yourself how well each of them works.

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Old February 22nd 10, 04:02 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Ken Blake, MVP
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On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:41:34 -0600, Roy Smith
wrote:

On 2/21/2010 6:09 PM, Surfer Joe wrote:
Can anyone please suggest a good free antivirus?
I'm tired of paying for norton.


There are several to choose from. Best thing is to download them and
try them out for yourself and decide which is right for you.



Trying them yourself and deciding which is right for you is excellent
advice for almost all kinds of software. But the one kind of software
where I think it's poor advice (very poor advice) is security
software. The don't all work equally well, and it's very difficult to
determine for yourself how well each of them works.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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