JC - Technology and Stuff

Looking back through some of my older posts I realized I have never spoken about the anti-virus system that I use. Today’s my chance to correct that omission!

Over the years I have tried and used about every virus program there is on the market. And my conclusion is that - guess what - they all are about equal and do the job well. Some are slightly better than others at scaremongering you, and some cost a little more than others to keep renewing. Some even come with firewalls and other free goodies. But all in all, a good anti-virus program is just that. So when my current Norton anti-virus subscription ran out earlier this year I decided enough was enough. I was done paying for my virus protection.

I hunted around on the Internet and I found several contenders in the ‘free’ marketplace. One product, AVG Anti-Virus had millions of users, had several good reviews and even did well in head to head comparisons with the ‘pros’. I decided to give it a try. Guess what? It just works. That’s my litmus test. Any product that ‘just works’ is exactly what I want. I don’t need to be constantly checking my system for updates or reconfiguring my software. I want things that just work away in the background as advertised. AVG Anti-Virus is one of those products.

As you can see from the screen shot, AVG comes complete with a virus scanner (which is fully configurable and can be scheduled to run whenever it suits you), anti-spyware, email scanner, and an update manager that keeps everything fully updated. What more could you want?

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