[OT] [ish] AVG Anti Virus

From doing some Googling the free edition of this seems to have
some happy users. It does appear to have one draw back, in that
auto updates can only occur at a fixed time, or manually initiated.
If the PC is not switched on at the preselected time, then the update
simply doesn't happen. No big deal, it is a free product after all !

However I'm thinking of installing on my Mother-In-Law's machine
as her present version of Norton expires soon. I don't want her fiddling
about, and having to remember to manually run updates.

I did find one person who had written a utility to enable AVG to run
auto updates a lá Norton, but the download link is broken.
Does anyone know of such a utility I can download from somewhere ?

On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 07:37:50 +0100, "Mark Carver"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>From doing some Googling the free edition of this seems to have
>some happy users. It does appear to have one draw back, in that
>auto updates can only occur at a fixed time, or manually initiated.
>If the PC is not switched on at the preselected time, then the update
>simply doesn't happen. No big deal, it is a free product after all !
>
>However I'm thinking of installing on my Mother-In-Law's machine
>as her present version of Norton expires soon. I don't want her fiddling
>about, and having to remember to manually run updates.
>
>I did find one person who had written a utility to enable AVG to run
>auto updates a lá Norton, but the download link is broken.
>Does anyone know of such a utility I can download from somewhere ?
>

I ditched AVG for precisely this reason and switched to Avast... Same
setup as AVG (Free after free registration) with a much cleaner
interface and automatic updates every time you go online then regular
checking. It updates at least 3 or 4 times a week.

Once its installed you don't need to worry about it ever again.
(unless you get a virus that is!)

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"Mark Carver" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> From doing some Googling the free edition of this seems to have
> some happy users. It does appear to have one draw back, in that
> auto updates can only occur at a fixed time, or manually initiated.
> If the PC is not switched on at the preselected time, then the update
> simply doesn't happen. No big deal, it is a free product after all !
>
> However I'm thinking of installing on my Mother-In-Law's machine
> as her present version of Norton expires soon. I don't want her fiddling
> about, and having to remember to manually run updates.
>
> I did find one person who had written a utility to enable AVG to run
> auto updates a lá Norton, but the download link is broken.
> Does anyone know of such a utility I can download from somewhere ?

May I recommend Avast antivirus to you. Its free for home use and updates as
and when necessary instead of once a week or whatever.
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html Make sure after installing you send
for a registration code

On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 10:20:03 +0000 (UTC), "Beck"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>"Mark Carver" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> From doing some Googling the free edition of this seems to have
>> some happy users. It does appear to have one draw back, in that
>> auto updates can only occur at a fixed time, or manually initiated.
>> If the PC is not switched on at the preselected time, then the update
>> simply doesn't happen. No big deal, it is a free product after all !
>>
>> However I'm thinking of installing on my Mother-In-Law's machine
>> as her present version of Norton expires soon. I don't want her fiddling
>> about, and having to remember to manually run updates.
>>
>> I did find one person who had written a utility to enable AVG to run
>> auto updates a lá Norton, but the download link is broken.
>> Does anyone know of such a utility I can download from somewhere ?
>
>May I recommend Avast antivirus to you. Its free for home use and updates as
>and when necessary instead of once a week or whatever.
>http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html Make sure after installing you send
>for a registration code
>

beat you to it ;-)

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Shevek

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Shevek wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 10:20:03 +0000 (UTC), "Beck"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>> May I recommend Avast antivirus to you. Its free for home use and updates as
>> and when necessary instead of once a week or whatever.
>> http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html Make sure after installing you send
>> for a registration code
>>
>
> beat you to it ;-)

Many thanks to both of you, looks like being 'just the job' !

Cheers

"Shevek" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 10:20:03 +0000 (UTC), "Beck"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Mark Carver" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> From doing some Googling the free edition of this seems to have
> >> some happy users. It does appear to have one draw back, in that
> >> auto updates can only occur at a fixed time, or manually initiated.
> >> If the PC is not switched on at the preselected time, then the update
> >> simply doesn't happen. No big deal, it is a free product after all !
> >>
> >> However I'm thinking of installing on my Mother-In-Law's machine
> >> as her present version of Norton expires soon. I don't want her fiddling
> >> about, and having to remember to manually run updates.
> >>
> >> I did find one person who had written a utility to enable AVG to run
> >> auto updates a lá Norton, but the download link is broken.
> >> Does anyone know of such a utility I can download from somewhere ?
> >
> >May I recommend Avast antivirus to you. Its free for home use and updates as
> >and when necessary instead of once a week or whatever.
> >http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html Make sure after installing you
send
> >for a registration code
> >
>
> beat you to it ;-)

nah nah nah nah nah :-p

"Mark Carver" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Shevek wrote:
>> On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 10:20:03 +0000 (UTC), "Beck"
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>
>>> May I recommend Avast antivirus to you. Its free for home use and updates
>>> as
>>> and when necessary instead of once a week or whatever.
>>> http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html Make sure after installing you
>>> send
>>> for a registration code
>>>
>>
>> beat you to it ;-)
>
> Many thanks to both of you, looks like being 'just the job' !
>

Same here, I have just downloaded and installed Avast, it found 8 virus
occurrences that Norton had ignored

"GwG" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "Mark Carver" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Shevek wrote:
>>> On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 10:20:03 +0000 (UTC), "Beck"
>>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> May I recommend Avast antivirus to you. Its free for home use and
>>>> updates as
>>>> and when necessary instead of once a week or whatever.
>>>> http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html Make sure after installing
>>>> you send
>>>> for a registration code
>>>>
>>>
>>> beat you to it ;-)
>>
>> Many thanks to both of you, looks like being 'just the job' !
>>
>
> Same here, I have just downloaded and installed Avast, it found 8 virus
> occurrences that Norton had ignored
>
I have just installed Avast and ditched AVG on my home network, it seems
fine!!
I got tired of manaul updates.

"Mark Carver" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Shevek wrote:
>> On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 10:20:03 +0000 (UTC), "Beck"
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>
>>> May I recommend Avast antivirus to you. Its free for home use and
>>> updates as
>>> and when necessary instead of once a week or whatever.
>>> http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html Make sure after installing
>>> you send
>>> for a registration code
>>>
>>
>> beat you to it ;-)
>
> Many thanks to both of you, looks like being 'just the job' !

In defence of AVG I'd say that it probably better for older slower PCs as it
seems to have a less deleterious effect on overall performance than AVAST.
If your MILs pc falls into this catagory, she might not thank you for an
antivirus program that significantly slows her pc.

Tim

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed), a.k.a
Mark Carver says...

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> From doing some Googling the free edition of this seems to have
> some happy users.

Even more might be found in alt.comp.anti-virus ...

However, folk in that group tend to realise that the free AV
'solutions' out there can never be taken too seriously.

FU's set