[SpamCop-List] Re: OT: Re: Cleaning up and preventing malware (was mypctuneup.com)

[Pete Stephenson]

In article <df590q$5c8$1 at news.spamcop.net>,
 "Pop" <nobody at devnull.spamcop.net> wrote:

> Boy I'm glad you'll never get to work on my system.  You have a 
> half assed idea of reality but apparently no true knowledge of 
> what you're doing.  Symantec and McAfee have nothing to do with 
> malware being on a system to start with, and much more.

I've found that Symantec and McAfee to be quite bloated and overpriced 
for what they do. There are far better programs out there available 
cheaper (or free) than those offered by Symantec/McAfee that do a better 
job.

I've found Grisoft AVG to be a bit "lighter" in terms of resources than 
Norton Antivirus, as well as being faster and detecting just as much 
stuff.

SpyBot and Adaware are much better than many "commercial" spyware 
removal programs I've tried.

Given a choice, I'd much prefer other software over Symantec and McAfee 
products. If they user didn't pay for their software (i.e. with the 
Norton Antivirus 30-day trial that comes with many new PCs), I advise 
them to uninstall it and install AVG Free. If they have paid for it, I 
recommend they run both, then uninstall Norton when the paid time period 
expires.

Just my $0.02. I've fixed and maintained several PCs without using any 
commercial software at all, and they tend to run a bit better than those 
with big-name security/anti-virus software. Maybe I've trained teh users 
a bit better. :)

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Pete Stephenson
HeyPete.com