thats what i think about mccafee, afterall i hear they are some of the 
ones that got caught for making viruses so..thats really where i don't 
trust mccafee, other than my machines and a few others run incredibly slow


pro is to con as progress is to congress


On Thu, 22 Feb 2007, Anthony Vece wrote:

> Hi Phil;
>
> I long suspected that these companies that make anti-virus software =
> could possibly be responsible for some viruses.
>
> Also, they make a free anti-virus program that is up to 7.5.
>
> I use it every day and, I haven't had any problems that I am aware of.
>
> 73 De Anthony W2AJV
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>  ----- Original Message -----=20
>  From: Phil Scovell=20
>  To: [log in to unmask]
>  Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 5:30 PM
>  Subject: [BLIND-HAMS] Off Top: AVG Interesting
>
>
>  Since I posted on here before about AVG, I found something to be quite
>  interesting.  Coincidence maybe?  You decide.  I have been using free =
> AVG
>  for a couple of years.  In December, I started getting pop ups saying =
> in mid
>  January, my free version would be outdated by the new 7.5 version.  I =
> let
>  January come and go with pop ups every other day reminding me.  In =
> February,
>  a pop up displayed my copy would expire on February 17 so I just kept =
> using
>  it as is.  On the 15th of February, AVG caught my first virus as an =
> AVG
>  user.  I found this quite interesting to say the least.  I had planned =
> on
>  buying the pro version anyhow because I wanted to be able to customize =
> my
>  own settings.  So, I downloaded it, installed, and ran it.  It found 4
>  infected files.  Odd, it had only detected 1 before but I figured, =
> whatever
>  it was, it may have been trying to spread.  I noticed it was in an =
> HTML
>  file, according to AVG, and in the internet explorer sub directory.  =
> Three
>  files were disinfected and the problems moved to the AVG vault.  Ok, =
> but why
>  not the HTML file?  By the way, it was a pop up type of deal that only
>  appeared when leaving internet explorer, the best I could tell, and it =
> would
>  ask a single question which said, Do you think Bush is a good =
> president?
>  And a couple of other harmless questions.  It seemed not to effect any =
> other
>  part of the hard drives I have.  After a couple of days, I noticed the
>  morning auto scan wasn't indicating any viruses at all.  The HTML file =
> no
>  longer displayed as infected.  So, it is this way.  Two days before
>  expiration, I get this harmless virus.  Two days after I buy the =
> software
>  for a 2 year license, the viruses disappears.  See?  I told you it was
>  interesting.  You don't suppose?  No, that couldn't happen, could it?  =
> I
>  mean, they didn't?  Naw, they wouldn't.  Would they?
>
>  Phil.
>
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