AVG USERS

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Thanks. To be honest - until recently I was running no AV product at all.
Didn't do me any harm.
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OK, your choice. But to me, that's like saying "until recently, I was
driving without ever putting my seat belt on. Didn't do me any harm."

The point is not that security software prevents you from getting a
malware infection that you are otherwise certain to get. It's that it
reduces the risk of such an infection. If you succeeded in not getting
infected without AV software, great, I'm glad to hear it. You are
probably very careful in what you do. But don't assume that you will
always be that fortunate. We all have times when our guard gets let
down--because we are tired, inebriated, just had a fight with out
spouse, or whatever--and it's easy to make a mistake.

Two AntiSpyware
products seems silly when I've never had Windows Defender find anything
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I couldn't disagree more. That's like saying "a guy from the geek
squad came over to check out my computer, and he didn't find anything
wrong, so I'm sure everything is OK." Different pieces of software,
like different people, have greater or lower success rates of finding
problems. Two is better than one.

it's just wasting CPU cycles.
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No, it doesn't necessarily waste CPU cycles at all. If, for example,
you run an anti-spyware program once a week at night, when you aren't
otherwise using the computer, you could decrease your risk without any
performance cost.

But once again, it's your computer, not mine, and it's your choice how
(or whether) you protect it.
 
Having 2 firewalls is like wearing a belt AND suspenders.
Every time I see it, I say HUH!!
 
Not sure which one he means either but it is more often correct to assume
people mean free because more people would have it than the paid one no
doubt.
 
Ken Blake said:
OK, your choice. But to me, that's like saying "until recently, I was
driving without ever putting my seat belt on. Didn't do me any harm."

The point is not that security software prevents you from getting a
malware infection that you are otherwise certain to get. It's that it
reduces the risk of such an infection. If you succeeded in not getting
infected without AV software, great, I'm glad to hear it. You are
probably very careful in what you do. But don't assume that you will
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You misunderstand. He walks on water - he's the second coming!
 
Grey said:
You misunderstand. He walks on water - he's the second coming!
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"Oh that web page has an image that looks like an XP title bar - it says
click here to get rid of spyware! I must go and click it!"
These days, most viruses are the user's fault.

Marc
 
Nope, while it SHOULD do that, it doesn't do it cleanly and you can end up
in a stuffup and have to do a restore to an earlier time. Best to uninstall
and install new one.
 
Marc said:
"Oh that web page has an image that looks like an XP title bar - it says
click here to get rid of spyware! I must go and click it!"
These days, most viruses are the user's fault.

Marc
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Wrong again. Most viruses are the fault of the malware author and some that
act like viruses can come about from an idiot programmer (seen it before).
Some people are infected because they click on a link after a search. Some
put a floppy, CD or USB stick in their machine and copy something from it or
install something from it that is infected. None of that is the user's fault
so far. They didn't write the virus or want the virus. What IS their fault
in such cases is where they have no antivirus installed OR if they do have
one but don't keep it updated before doing anything else on the net. Some
are just dead unlucky enough to get a new one that hasn't yet been
discovered. Some just go to porn sites and download music and such
illegally. That is DEFINITELY their fault. They really are great places to
go to research viruses. Cant tell you enough how great they are for
infections. They are even better than leaving a computer online with no
protection, firewall and whatever then going into IRC. If you do those two
things you get heaps of samples in a flash!
 
AVG instructions on their site say to completely uninstall 7.5 first.

: Nope, while it SHOULD do that, it doesn't do it cleanly and you can end up
: in a stuffup and have to do a restore to an earlier time. Best to
uninstall
: and install new one.
:
: : > Installing ver 8 will uninstall ver 7.5 as part of the install process.
: >
: >
: > --
: > Vista Home Premium 32 SP1
: > http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
: >
: >
: > : >>
: >> St00pid question. Should I uninstall 7.5 prior to installing 8?
: >>
: >>
: >> --
: >> bxmedic
: >
:
 
Wrong again. Most viruses are the fault of the malware author and some that
act like viruses can come about from an idiot programmer (seen it before).
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If you're inferring Microsoft employs MANY "idiot" programmers I bet
many long suffering Windows users will agree completely. The biggest
threat to your PC is Windows itself. It is a huge steaming pile of
dung easily compromised, infected, bypassed, manipulated and poorly
written. It is bloated, slow, clumsy and broodish. It may work fine
one day, they stumble badly doing the same exact things the next day.

Windows has many "features" you can fiddle with, however Windows also
has the curious habit of reverting back to a configuration IT wants,
that you the user doesn't.
 
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