I also detest Norton for the reason Jody gives although I understand that
they have a new version of their security suite (still may be in Beta) that
so far is getting superb reviews and a major PC magazine is now thinking of
recommending it. (I use Zone Alarm security suite and am very happy with it)
John Sims, BN6
Aberdeen, NJ
www.healey6.com
-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces+ahbn6=optonline.net@autox.team.net
[mailto:healeys-bounces+ahbn6=optonline.net@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
Jody Kerr
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 9:05 PM
To: John Homonek
Cc: Healey Mail List
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Computer - Anti-virus Software
Ok, I'l take off my Healey Hat and put on my Computer Hat.
In my daily role I serve as a Systems Architect for Wells Fargo. My
specialty is windows based systems (but I stil do mainframe and Java).
AVG is what I use on my home PCs, and is what I recommend for any
small to mid-level company. Their software has kept me virus free for
nearly a decade. It's good stuff. Now, I recommend the home license (I
believe it's 5 PCs total), but my wife's laptop still runs the free
version.
McAfee does strange things to your computer, Norton slows it to nearly
half it's capacity of full security mode. I loathe both of these
products. At work we use another product (I can't mention it). It's
about the same quality as AVGs full version in my consideration.
Security software is *extremely* important. Anyone not using it is an
idiot. But, for the home user worl I recommend AVG. It's a much
smaller footprint and works extremely well.
Jody
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