Look at AVG from http://www.grisoft.com.


Jayne "JJ" Johnston
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Simmons" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Outlook express/anti-virus software


> I would also recommend running your anti-virus software while downloading
> email.  This week I've caught 8 virus attachments while downloading by
> using my McAfee virus software.
>
> On a similar question.  I've been using Inoculate IT on my home machine
> because it is free and seems to do a good job. But it has (for me ) one
> serious drawback. I can't temporarily disable it or exit and restart
> without rebooting it like I can McAfee .  Are there other *free* AV
> programs that run in the background as a monitor like McAfee and Inoculate
> It but allow itself to be disabled/enabled or shutdown/started without
> having to reboot?
>
> Doug
>
> At 2/14/01 04:34 AM, Wanda Martin wrote:
>
> >I can't see any reason for anti-virus software to run all the time.  I
> >don't like McAffee and use Norton but it still affects other programs and
> >uses more of my system resources than I care to let it have.  I think I
> >should really only need an antivirus software to run if I'm opening
> >attachments in email or on programs downloaded from the Web.
>
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