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Posted by Cassius
Jan 5, 2011 at 10:52 PM

P.S. Costco had KIS 2011 on sale (& maybe still does) for $20 for a one-year subscription for three home computers.

Here is a link to a recent “PC World” article on paid and free anti-virus software (although I’ve read uncomplimentary things about earlier versions of Norton.).

http://www.pcworld.com/article/210589/free_vs_fee_free_and_paid_antivirus_programs_compared.html

Posted by Ken
Jan 6, 2011 at 04:31 PM

Dr Andus wrote:
>I’m not an IT expert, so I know next to nothing about all the intricacies of internet
>security, other than I try to be sensible and don’t download or run files that I don’t
>trust. However, I have to say that for the past 6 years or so I only had AVG Anti-Virus
>Free Edition installed and I’ve never ever had any problems with viruses. Over that
>period it did catch a dozen or so viruses and eliminated them. Which always made me
>wonder, why I should pay a monthly fee for another anti-virus software, if AVG
>protects me just fine. Now, it could be that my PC is riddled with viruses and might be
>part of a vast botnet empire and I just don’t know about it. However, I have not noticed
>any performance issues or any other negative consequences. So am I missing anything?
>Sorry if this sounds very naive.

I have previously used AVG free, and now use Avira free on my home machines. Both are reasonable, as well as many others. In addition to an anti-virus program, you should probably be using a firewall program, like Comodo, if you do not have a firewall already installed, and a malware program, like Malwarebytes. You can probably take many other steps to protect yourself, but these three types of software will take you a long ways towards safe web use.

—Ken

Posted by Ken
Jan 6, 2011 at 04:37 PM

Notebookreview.com also did a review that may be of interest: http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=5775&review=Best+Antivirus+2010+Buyers+Guide . Its not the most detailed review, but it is useful if you in the market for new AV software.

—Ken

Posted by Cassius
Jan 6, 2011 at 11:14 PM

More problems with KS2011. Now on my wife’s computer itb has started popping up windows telling her that perfectly good WORD 2000 documents may be dangerous.

Also, KS2011 takes much longer to scan a file than did KS2009.

I’m about to ask for my $$$ back.

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