Post #331,685
8/23/10 6:58:10 AM
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I'd love to, but how are they better?
I recall trying the free AVG antivirus for a while, but it became nagware and was rather intrusive, IIRC. How are these alternatives better?
I gripe about SAV, but it has only caused problems for me a very few times over many years. When it does, I want to pull a Howard Beale, but I don't want to trade one set of rare problems for a larger set.
IIRC, you mentioned MS's product in the past, but they still make my skin crawl. ;-)
Thanks.
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #331,687
8/23/10 7:33:34 AM
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Re: I'd love to, but how are they better?
They don't fuck up your computer, for a start.
And as for MS's AV products; you're on Windows already; hanged for a sheep as a lamb, and all that.
MSE is garnering lots of positive press for being light-weight and effective.
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Post #331,695
8/23/10 10:38:28 AM
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:-) Thanks. Gotta find something for Win2k though... :-(
Yeah, 2k is 11+ years old, I know...
Thanks.
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #331,697
8/23/10 10:54:14 AM
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Re: :-) Thanks. Gotta find something for Win2k though...
AVG runs on fully patched and updated W2K. Must be SP4 + patches.
I have a number of clients running AVG free (not as many as I have running paid, which is pretty low cost) and they have not been complaining of nagware.
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Post #331,701
8/23/10 11:11:30 AM
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Thanks. I'll try it again.
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Post #331,721
8/23/10 6:55:55 PM
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Take a look at Avast as well
We're moving away from Symantec to Avast at work because Symantec is utterly unmanagable on top of not being very good. Avast came out of the pile as the one that ate the least resources, has a decent central management system and picked up most of the current crud. It is free for personal use.
AVG was also a consideration but since v8.0 I've had some serious issues with both free and full flavors. Besides starting to slack on updates, one installation became unbootable following every update (AVG 8.5 Internet Security)
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Post #331,723
8/23/10 7:47:12 PM
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Thanks for the info. I appreciate it.
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Post #331,720
8/23/10 6:53:54 PM
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Time to wave farewell to W2K, I think.
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Post #331,724
8/23/10 7:57:08 PM
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If it ain't broke...
We've got a lot of old machines at work - some that are still running Win98. (I think we've even got some original IBM PCs still active.) Those ancient boxes aren't on the network, but we have many networked Win2k machines are running and controlling other equipment and "upgrading" them to something later doesn't make sense unless there's no other choice.
We've got site licenses for SAV and McAfee so those are the default choices. We can run other stuff, but purchases would have to be justified, etc., etc.
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #331,725
8/23/10 8:07:38 PM
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Where would you suggest next?
I, too, have a PC still on W2k. I might have trouble legally shifting it to XP. Vista I dislike (have to use it at work) and Windows 7 I also dislike (editing the songwords on the church PC), overlooking the fact the PC might be able to run them.
Not sure why I still have it running, to be honest. I've been Ubuntu on my other PCs for ages.
Wade.
Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
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Post #331,737
8/24/10 1:25:26 AM
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Based on recent experience, I'd say Linux Mint.
Others will be able to advise on more lightweight distributions.
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Post #331,739
8/24/10 5:25:32 AM
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From what I've seen at Helios...
Linux Mint is the distro to go to for lightweight setup.
They use it for OLD machines being given to people.
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Post #331,729
8/23/10 8:45:33 PM
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Here it's the only Windows machine always running.
I use it for customer support, general testing, and it does the initial acquisition, processing and storage for my scanner and digital cameras. I also use it when I actually need flash or other video and multimedia. It works fine - why change it?
Of course all the real work, data storage and nearly all the Internet access is done on the (gasp! choke!) OS/2 machines.
I have a Windows XP machine I turn on when I really need it (last real need was to run VMware's enterprise admin software which only runs on XP and later), or to prove a point to a software support guy who's being a jerk.
Of course I have a couple of Linux machines too, used for development and support.
All our computers here were built from cast-offs from clients' Windows upgrades, and they all serve very well indeed.
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