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That is very informative, Jack and should give James
enough clues to make up his own mind.
This computer business is in reality a science in its own right, when one
considers how complicated and intriguing it can be.
Thanks for the guidance.
Harry.
"Jack Martinelli" <jemartin_DELETE@NO_SPAM_gis.net> wrote in message
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> The Virus Bulletin
> http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/
>
> ICSA Labs - TrueSecure Corp.
>
http://www.icsalabs.com/html/communities/antivirus/certifiedproducts.shtml
>
> AV-Test
> http://www.av-test.org/
>
> University of Hamburg Computer Science Dept.
>
http://agn-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/vtc
>
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> "J. Ascher" <JAscher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:30871B1D-A808-4C66-8327-D782BE6B0C41@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks for the recommendation. I reinstalled Avast and it found *and
> > eliminated* viruses that BitDefender didn't! It seems BD is a buggy
> program.
> >
> > James
> >
> > "webster72n" wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > James:
> > >
> > > Try it again and this time take a closer look:
> > > How can you possibly ask for a more comprehensive and
> > > effective AV program that is free of cost to you?
> > >
> > > Harry <0>.
> > >
> > >
> > > "J. Ascher" <JAscher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:C48B9BE9-DD91-4C86-A21F-2749A0CC1CF9@microsoft.com...
> > > > Thanks for your comments. I tried Avast, but found out a lot of
people
> > > > recommending it on download.com were Avast employees and the
software
> > > itself
> > > > wasn't very cutomizable.
> > > >
> > > > James
> > > >
> > > > "putasolutions" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Wouldn't be my first choice, but it has regularly received the
> monthly
> > > VB100%
> > > > > award, which is recognised as the benchmanrk for most AV apps, and
> for a
> > > free
> > > > > version, stands alongside the other excellent freeware AV
programs,
> AVG
> > > and
> > > > > Avast.
> > > > >
> > > > > "J. Ascher" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I use a free antivirus called BitDefender. I'm looking for
> opinions on
> > > this
> > > > > > software. Download.com recommended it fairly highly.
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>