If you insist on paying for an anti-virus program I suppose you could
do so.
I've used AVG's free AV software for years, and love it. I install it
on every friend's PC who asks my opinion, gladly killing off Norton
and McAfee.
Between AVG and the Zone Alarm (also free) firewall, I'm amply protected.
That, and I stay away from Russian pRon sites..
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gimpwin-users@..., "Howard Larson" <hblarson43@...>
wrote:
>
> --- In
gimpwin-users@..., Jernej SimonÄiÄ
> <jernej.listsonly@> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:24:31 -0000, Howard Larson wrote:
> >
> > > Kaspersky reportedly quarantined Windows Explorer as a virus. I
> would
> > > dump it in favor of McAfee.
> >
> > McAfee and Norton are the worst of the bunch. The rest aren't much
> better,
> > but nothing is as bad as Norton and McAffee.
> >
> I've been using McAfee for years and never had a speck of trouble with
> interference with installs. Norton, on the other hand, was far too
> intrusive with normal operations and I dumped it. I can imagine it
> would play havoc with an installer. Kaspersky's problems are well
> documented. It recently locked up a friend's computer.
>
