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[PBMAX]

tracdoc, Yep I swtiched to it a few months ago and have only been using the free version. I runs at 7am daily and is tiny in comparison to the others. It was recommeded to me by a programmer at work (Lynix nut). I have also read that some nucks actually write buggs to specifically make life difficult for norton and MC-iffy.... Don't know if it is true but wouldn't supprise me.... There is a topic here about other free stuff... FRee software ..... if any are interested.

Did you try the free version 1st if so what do you like about the full verision over it?

Again Bird thanks for the symantic tip. Maybe I should try their competitor.....

Win XP (X-treme Pain) /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[tracdoc]

Paul,

I did start with the free version, and liked it quite a lot. As I recall, the free version's limitations are:
. No Advanced User Interface
. Disabled Advanced Scheduling of Tests
. Disabled Creating of Your Own Tests
. No Technical Support
. No Advanced Operations with Test Results - (e.g. healing infected files, deleting them or moving them to Virus Vault so you can deal with them later)
. No Quick Test Option available

Geez, there may be some other things, too, but those are the ones I recall right off. Their tech support is wonderful (how often do you hear that?) I was having some difficulty getting AVG to work with a proxy type POP3 email server in Outlook, and they had me send them some screen shots, and within 24 hr they sent me step-by-step set up instructions, and they worked right the first time. I am very pleased.

 

[Bird]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( These are UTILITIES. They should work for you, not the other way 'round.
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tracdoc, I know nothing about AVG, but have heard good things about it, so I'll take your word for it being better. I was using an earlier version of Norton SystemWorks, but a few months ago bought the 2004 version and like it a whole lot better. And while there can apparently be problems between it and Service Pack 2, at least Symantec had this information available for quite awhile and I turned off the automatic Windows Updates until today. And I do like the utilities in SystemWorks, but don't have anything to compare it with. I'll agree about it using a lot of the resources, but so far that's not been a problem for me.

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( asked Pointedly for us few XP folks to turn off auto updates till they can test )</font>

PBurns, as I said above, that's what I did, and told my daughter to do, until today.

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I am not one to jump on the latest upgrades either )</font>

BobReeves, you're probably smarter than me in that regard. However, I always hope that the upgrades will help instead of hinder, so I download and install them. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[PBMAX]

tracdoc, Now that is support.... I have had no problems with free version. It updates daily and if it finds any buggs it nukes them. AS for running your own test setup. I just hit run test scan what ever....There may be some buggs that need to be isoslated before they can be nuked... though....
I have considers the upgrade and with 24mths support at $33 is about the best deal I've heard of so far. thanks for the feed back...