Re: [LUG] AVG replacement

On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 3:52 PM, Neil Stone <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Rob Beard wrote:
> Simon Avery wrote:
>
>> AVG has definately gone downhill with the latest version.
>>
> I'd second that, it's such a shame really, they just seem bent on
> bloating it out.
>
> I was in PC World yesterday and checked out Anti-Virus software while I
> was there. They have Kaspersky at about £15 for a single PC license
> with a years updates, or a 3 PC license at about £30. Considering AVG
> is about £30 for one license (businesses and charities etc can't use AVG
> Free, that's limited to home users only) it seems like quite a good price.
>
> I haven't used it myself though so it could be just as bloated as AVG,
> although when I get myself a new laptop I will get a copy (I figured I'd
> need Anti-Virus for my two Windows desktops and the laptop which I'll be
> dual booting with Vista and Ubuntu).
>
> Rob
>
>
>

A few weeks ago dabs.com had a 3 user license of Kaspersky at about
£17... so i bought one.. I've not installed it yet, but I plan to this
weekend...

We use Kaspersky at work, while it might seem quite aggresive, it works
really well...

Also, Anyone a Barclays customer ?? They are giving away a 3 user
license to every one of their online banking customers.. so I have a
total of 6 licenses... :-)

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Re the Barclays, This used to be F-Secure. I didn't realize they changed their offer. Anybody know why they swapped?

Also, if you (or your person you help) are a journalist Sophos will sort you out for free: http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/free-anti-virus/ Interesting way of trying to get some press coverage :-)

Kevin