I'm willing to pay for AntiVirus but.....

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Hi,

I am willing to pay for Antivirus software. Until now I have been using
Norton but I have 4 machines within my home and I don't want to pay $40-
50 to protect each PC per year. What is the best solution for me? It
does not have to be free but I don't think I should need to pay more
then about $20 a year to protect my 4 PCs. These companies need to make
their money on volume. Anyways any suggestions. I do experiment with
lots of software which I am constantly downloading so it needs to be
software that is up to date etc. I recently was playing with F-Secure
which seems very good but I can't pay that money to protect all these
PCs. Yes I know how to grab all these from the warez scene but I want to
pay for something I use and need.

Vamp
 
Vamp said:
Hi,

I am willing to pay for Antivirus software. Until now I have been
using Norton but I have 4 machines within my home and I don't want to
pay $40- 50 to protect each PC per year. What is the best solution
for me? It does not have to be free but I don't think I should need
to pay more then about $20 a year to protect my 4 PCs. These
companies need to make their money on volume. Anyways any
suggestions. I do experiment with lots of software which I am
constantly downloading so it needs to be software that is up to date
etc. I recently was playing with F-Secure which seems very good but I
can't pay that money to protect all these PCs. Yes I know how to grab
all these from the warez scene but I want to pay for something I use
and need.

Vamp
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Check out:
http://lists.gpick.com/pages/AntiVirus_Tools.htm

I use AVG but there are many recomendations for anti virus applications here
already in this newsgroup.
 
Hi,

I am willing to pay for Antivirus software. Until now I have been using
Norton but I have 4 machines within my home and I don't want to pay $40-
50 to protect each PC per year. What is the best solution for me?
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Set one PC up as a file/mailserver and stick a single copy of AV
software on that PR:

Migrate to Linux...
 
post 100 link son the link section and MOO send ya free norton anti
virus with updates. If that deal is still on. I got mine so if the
deal is over lemme know and will send it to you no cost courtesy of
the MOO. PM me.



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Hey Computer Associates announced today that they will be giving away thier
AV and personal firewall product for a short time.
here is the website they stated the deal was on.
http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/
check it out...my company uses thier AV enterprise product and we LOVE it.
Mike
 
Hey Computer Associates announced today that they will be giving away thier
AV and personal firewall product for a short time.
here is the website they stated the deal was on.
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Initially, their AV was free (and light on resources!) but they
started charging for it a couple of years ago.
 
Blevins said:
Initially, their AV was free (and light on resources!) but they
started charging for it a couple of years ago.
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Whats the phrase? It's Deja-Vu all over again!
 
Mike said:
Hey Computer Associates announced today that they will be giving away thier
AV and personal firewall product for a short time.
here is the website they stated the deal was on.
http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/
check it out...my company uses thier AV enterprise product and we LOVE it.
Mike
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Read the site carefully. The first year is free, then their normal charges
apply.
 
Read the site carefully. The first year is free, then their normal charges
apply.
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Duh...It plainly states that when you register. It requires no credit
card information and whether you choose to continue using it is up to
you. here's a clue, Einstein. It's a product promotion.
 
Read the site carefully. The first year is free, then their normal charges
apply.
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Who else gives you a year free trial? Not many companies do it...

If you like it, pay for. If not you have the choice to go back to your
previous AV-version and you saved a year's payment.
 
Who else gives you a year free trial? Not many companies do it...
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McAfee does it with their Firewall (through certain ISP's). There are likely
others.
If you like it, pay for. If not you have the choice to go back to your
previous AV-version and you saved a year's payment.
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Because the market is so saturated right now with competitive products, the
only viable promotion option would be to offer competitive rebates.
Those are much more expensive to administer and put the onus on the consumer
to carry the burden for follow up.

If CA gets even a 5% return on next year's subscription, that's business
they probably wouldn't have otherwise.
 
Hi,

I am willing to pay for Antivirus software. Until now I have been using
Norton but I have 4 machines within my home and I don't want to pay $40-
50 to protect each PC per year. What is the best solution for me? It
does not have to be free but I don't think I should need to pay more
then about $20 a year to protect my 4 PCs. These companies need to make
their money on volume. Anyways any suggestions. I do experiment with
lots of software which I am constantly downloading so it needs to be
software that is up to date etc. I recently was playing with F-Secure
which seems very good but I can't pay that money to protect all these
PCs. Yes I know how to grab all these from the warez scene but I want to
pay for something I use and need.

Vamp
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Computer Associates is making EZTrust available for free (a one year
subscription) at http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/index.cfm?

Steve Stern
Manager, WUGNET VirusCentral Forum
http://go.compuserve.com/viruscentral?access=public
 
i have Norton on two computers independently connected to internet with out
problems at two different sites
 
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