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Reliable, Free Anti-Virus Software?
oahazmatt writes "Some time ago my wife was having severe issues on her laptop. (A Dell Inspiron, if that helps.) I eventually found the cause to be McAfee, which took about an hour to remove fully. I installed AVG on her system to replace McAfee, but we have since found that AVG is causing problems with her laptop's connection to our wireless network. She's not thrilled about a wired connection as the router is on the other end of the house. We're looking for some good, open-source or free personal editions of anti-virus software. So, who on Slashdot trusts what?" When school required a Windows laptop, I used Clam AV, and the machine seemed to do as well as most classmates'. What have you found that works?
Linux. Someone had to say it.
Yeah. Frankly though, all I'm thinking about at the moment (this being Saturday night and all) as that free Linux beer you guys are always talking about. How does it stack up against the other imports?
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
Wow, I just tried it and not only did it get rid of my virus problem, but it made my computer run faster and more reliably.
Thanks again, anonymous coward!
Mod me down, my New Earth Global Warmingist friends!
I think you need to tweak your sarcasm detectors.
Note - Liberal use of <sarcasm> tags may or may not need to be applied.
I'm going to ignore for a moment that you are ignoring all logical arguments contrary to your opinion.
Too bad he obviously never tried Ubuntu.
Parent post is funny, insightful, interesting, informative and underrated
Well, it looks like you should almost certainly marry it. Congrats.
> I have used both on many customers machines and they work quite well.
Isn't that bad for business though?
And your point was ?? apart from ignoring for now
I just decompile every application and examine the assembler code line by line. Only problem is that I still haven't finished looking over Windows ME before I dare install it.
Except the person posing the original question stated he had to stick to Windows.
Hence, the original, first post, is bullshit. Hence the reason he (probably) posted as anonymous.
--Toll_Free
the right tool for the right job.. a printer for printing, a scanner for scanning, linux for the pc, and the lexmark for a doorstop.
-Troll, Flamebait, and Offtopic are NOT equivalent to disagreement.
You could just charge for windows support but give free linux support and see what they choose.
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You could just charge for windows support but give free linux support and see what they choose.
They will choose another person to solve their windows problem.
Yeah, once I figured out the voices were OUTSIDE my head, I turned them off. There's also an option to not bother with popups while running anything DirectX. Avast is not annoying now.
"I have used both on many customers machines"
I read as I have used on both customers and machines"
Which lead me to think, wow, Anti-virus for users, now THATS a good idea!
A small brain will suffice, said the mouse....
Sounds like you need to switch to Ubuntu.
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