The Conundrum of AVG LinkScanner

[jeff_duntemann]

Just before we left Colorado, and after several weeks of furious nagging by the software, I upgraded version 7.5 of AVG Free Anti-Virus for the new V8. I did it on Carol's machine only, as the upgrade required some damned thing or another that was missing on Win2K SP4, and I didn't have time

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[sraun]

That scan worries me on a couple more points - I have at least one friend that seems to have had it render their internet connection unusable, due to a combination of lack of PC horsepower and slow Internet connection.

Also, it's pulling down bits - for anyone who pays for bits, that's extra traffic that may cost them money! I don't know if there's anyone who's actually doing a pay-per-minute dial-up anymore - but this could make that significantly nasty. And for me - well, I've got 4GB of traffic free per month, any above that gets rounded to the nearest 100MB and I get charged for it. Admittedly, this isn't likely to cost me a lot of money - but it could turn a free month into a 'have to pay extra' month.

[billroper]

Ask me and I'll point you to the anti-virus software I've been using.

[obreerbo]

I've been using Avira AntiVir myself; it's German anti-virus software that I learned of from Pamela, who learned of it from her Finnish friends. It works and it's fairly unobtrusive, other than displaying an ad whenever it updates itself (once per day).

[anonymous]

I am using NOD32 from Eset (for free, unusual circumstances) since my paid AVG subscriptions ran out. It came highly recommended by large shop system administrators as an effective but non-intrusive product that is administrator friendly. It seems to have a very small footprint and work fine. It updates itself up to several times a day, which I much prefer to the once-a-week of some well known products. I figure that when my free ride expires I will pay for it - it is NOT cheap.

RH in CT

Avast or Avira are cross-platform...

[rkhalloran]

Since you've been playing with Linux, both the Avast & Avira products can be had on that platform. While the OS itself is fairly virus-proof, these would allow you to scan any files you pull down, or check attachments you might be forwarding on.