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2017-02-20 15:32John Weller : [NF] Anti-Virus Programs
2017-02-20 15:53Mike : Re: [NF] Anti-Virus Programs
2017-02-20 15:59Stephen Russell : Re: [NF] Anti-Virus Programs
2017-02-20 16:05José Enrique Llopis : RE: [NF] Anti-Virus Programs
2017-02-20 16:24rafael copquin : Re: [NF] Anti-Virus Programs
2017-02-20 16:54Michael Glassman : RE: [NF] Anti-Virus Programs
2017-02-20 16:57Alan Bourke : Re: [NF] Anti-Virus Programs
2017-02-20 19:29Malcolm Greene : Re: [NF] Anti-Virus Programs
2017-02-21 02:55Dave Crozier : RE: [NF] Anti-Virus Programs
2017-02-21 03:35Jan Bucek : Re: [NF] Anti-Virus Programs
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[NF] Anti-Virus Programs

Author: John Weller

Posted: 2017-02-20 15:32:41   Link

I have been asked to give a talk to a local pensioner's organisation on

internet security. One of the points I will make is that you need a good

anti-virus. I have used M$ Security Essentials and now Windows Defender on

Win 10 for some years without any problems, largely as a result of

recommendations here. In a recent magazine article in UK they were saying

that Defender is not very good only picking up 75% of viruses in a test.

They were advocating Kaspersky; the fact that they were offering it at a

discount but were undoubtedly getting a cut may have influenced their

decision. What anti-virus are you using? Do you still recommend Defender?

Any thoughts or comments? I will be recommending one to the pensioners so

will be going for one of the free ones.

Thanks

John

John Weller

01380 723235

07976 393631

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Re: [NF] Anti-Virus Programs

Author: Mike

Posted: 2017-02-20 15:53:00   Link

John Weller wrote:

> I have been asked to give a talk to a local pensioner's organisation on

> internet security. One of the points I will make is that you need a good

> anti-virus. I have used M$ Security Essentials and now Windows Defender on

> Win 10 for some years without any problems, largely as a result of

> recommendations here. In a recent magazine article in UK they were saying

> that Defender is not very good only picking up 75% of viruses in a test.

> They were advocating Kaspersky; the fact that they were offering it at a

> discount but were undoubtedly getting a cut may have influenced their

> decision. What anti-virus are you using? Do you still recommend Defender?

> Any thoughts or comments? I will be recommending one to the pensioners so

> will be going for one of the free ones.

>

> Thanks

> John

Defender +1

Rather than expect an anti-virus Swiss-Army knife to provide total

safety, I use several different vectors of protection.

1. Defender (and keep it up to date)

2. OpenDNS for DNS resolution

3. CryptoPrevent for Crypto-hijack thwarting

4. A constant, some would say annoying, reminder to all those I support

to never open email attachments that they weren't already expecting to

receive.

Mike Copeland

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Re: [NF] Anti-Virus Programs

Author: Stephen Russell

Posted: 2017-02-20 15:59:01   Link

Kaspersky has been my go to for the past 8 years or more. You can get a 3

pack license with rebate, for under 15 USD and it used to be free in the

old days.

I like how it hooks into chrome and will give you a heads up on a site not

being safe to continue to but letting you still make a dumb mistake on your

own if you so wanted to.

On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 3:32 PM, John Weller <john@johnweller.co.uk> wrote:

> I have been asked to give a talk to a local pensioner's organisation on

> internet security. One of the points I will make is that you need a good

> anti-virus. I have used M$ Security Essentials and now Windows Defender on

> Win 10 for some years without any problems, largely as a result of

> recommendations here. In a recent magazine article in UK they were saying

> that Defender is not very good only picking up 75% of viruses in a test.

> They were advocating Kaspersky; the fact that they were offering it at a

> discount but were undoubtedly getting a cut may have influenced their

> decision. What anti-virus are you using? Do you still recommend Defender?

> Any thoughts or comments? I will be recommending one to the pensioners so

> will be going for one of the free ones.

>

> Thanks

>

> John

>

> John Weller

> 01380 723235

> 07976 393631

>

>

>

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RE: [NF] Anti-Virus Programs

Author: José Enrique Llopis

Posted: 2017-02-20 16:05:24   Link

Bitdefender here.

Jose Enrique Llopis

www.multilinkcrm.com

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Asunto: [NF] Anti-Virus Programs

I have been asked to give a talk to a local pensioner's organisation on

internet security. One of the points I will make is that you need a good

anti-virus. I have used M$ Security Essentials and now Windows Defender on

Win 10 for some years without any problems, largely as a result of

recommendations here. In a recent magazine article in UK they were saying

that Defender is not very good only picking up 75% of viruses in a test.

They were advocating Kaspersky; the fact that they were offering it at a

discount but were undoubtedly getting a cut may have influenced their

decision. What anti-virus are you using? Do you still recommend Defender?

Any thoughts or comments? I will be recommending one to the pensioners so

will be going for one of the free ones.

Thanks

John

John Weller

01380 723235

07976 393631

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Re: [NF] Anti-Virus Programs

Author: rafael copquin

Posted: 2017-02-20 16:24:40   Link

Ditto here. Kaspersky rocks!

Rafael Copquin

On 20/02/2017 18:59, Stephen Russell wrote:

> Kaspersky has been my go to for the past 8 years or more. You can get a 3

> pack license with rebate, for under 15 USD and it used to be free in the

> old days.

>

> I like how it hooks into chrome and will give you a heads up on a site not

> being safe to continue to but letting you still make a dumb mistake on your

> own if you so wanted to.

>

> On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 3:32 PM, John Weller <john@johnweller.co.uk> wrote:

>

>> I have been asked to give a talk to a local pensioner's organisation on

>> internet security. One of the points I will make is that you need a good

>> anti-virus. I have used M$ Security Essentials and now Windows Defender on

>> Win 10 for some years without any problems, largely as a result of

>> recommendations here. In a recent magazine article in UK they were saying

>> that Defender is not very good only picking up 75% of viruses in a test.

>> They were advocating Kaspersky; the fact that they were offering it at a

>> discount but were undoubtedly getting a cut may have influenced their

>> decision. What anti-virus are you using? Do you still recommend Defender?

>> Any thoughts or comments? I will be recommending one to the pensioners so

>> will be going for one of the free ones.

>>

>> Thanks

>>

>> John

>>

>> John Weller

>> 01380 723235

>> 07976 393631

>>

>>

>>

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RE: [NF] Anti-Virus Programs

Author: Michael Glassman

Posted: 2017-02-20 16:54:55   Link

AVG from Grisoft (http://www.avg.com/gb-en/download) is my free AV software

of choice.

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Subject: [NF] Anti-Virus Programs

I have been asked to give a talk to a local pensioner's organisation on

internet security. One of the points I will make is that you need a good

anti-virus. I have used M$ Security Essentials and now Windows Defender on

Win 10 for some years without any problems, largely as a result of

recommendations here. In a recent magazine article in UK they were saying

that Defender is not very good only picking up 75% of viruses in a test.

They were advocating Kaspersky; the fact that they were offering it at a

discount but were undoubtedly getting a cut may have influenced their

decision. What anti-virus are you using? Do you still recommend Defender?

Any thoughts or comments? I will be recommending one to the pensioners so

will be going for one of the free ones.

Thanks

John

John Weller

01380 723235

07976 393631

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Re: [NF] Anti-Virus Programs

Author: Alan Bourke

Posted: 2017-02-20 16:57:28   Link

Sophos Home

--

Alan Bourke

alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm

On Mon, 20 Feb 2017, at 09:32 PM, John Weller wrote:

> I have been asked to give a talk to a local pensioner's organisation on

> internet security. One of the points I will make is that you need a good

> anti-virus. I have used M$ Security Essentials and now Windows Defender

> on

> Win 10 for some years without any problems, largely as a result of

> recommendations here. In a recent magazine article in UK they were

> saying

> that Defender is not very good only picking up 75% of viruses in a test.

> They were advocating Kaspersky; the fact that they were offering it at a

> discount but were undoubtedly getting a cut may have influenced their

> decision. What anti-virus are you using? Do you still recommend

> Defender?

> Any thoughts or comments? I will be recommending one to the pensioners

> so

> will be going for one of the free ones.

>

> Thanks

>

> John

>

> John Weller

> 01380 723235

> 07976 393631

>

>

>

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Re: [NF] Anti-Virus Programs

Author: Malcolm Greene

Posted: 2017-02-20 19:29:19   Link

MacOS Sierra with following standard OS X security guidelines.

Malcolm

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RE: [NF] Anti-Virus Programs

Author: Dave Crozier

Posted: 2017-02-21 02:55:05   Link

Avast ... Used it ever since AVG became too bulky and slow

Dave

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Subject: [NF] Anti-Virus Programs

I have been asked to give a talk to a local pensioner's organisation on internet security. One of the points I will make is that you need a good anti-virus. I have used M$ Security Essentials and now Windows Defender on Win 10 for some years without any problems, largely as a result of recommendations here. In a recent magazine article in UK they were saying that Defender is not very good only picking up 75% of viruses in a test.

They were advocating Kaspersky; the fact that they were offering it at a discount but were undoubtedly getting a cut may have influenced their decision. What anti-virus are you using? Do you still recommend Defender?

Any thoughts or comments? I will be recommending one to the pensioners so will be going for one of the free ones.

Thanks

John

John Weller

01380 723235

07976 393631

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Re: [NF] Anti-Virus Programs

Author: Jan Bucek

Posted: 2017-02-21 03:35:06   Link

Dne 21.2.2017 v 9:55 Dave Crozier napsal(a):

> Avast ... Used it ever since AVG became too bulky and slow

Avast - used it ever since the name was not Avast on MS-DOS.

>

> Dave

>

> -----Original Message-----

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> Sent: 20 February 2017 21:33

> To: profox@leafe.com

> Subject: [NF] Anti-Virus Programs

>

> I have been asked to give a talk to a local pensioner's organisation on internet security. One of the points I will make is that you need a good anti-virus. I have used M$ Security Essentials and now Windows Defender on Win 10 for some years without any problems, largely as a result of recommendations here. In a recent magazine article in UK they were saying that Defender is not very good only picking up 75% of viruses in a test.

> They were advocating Kaspersky; the fact that they were offering it at a discount but were undoubtedly getting a cut may have influenced their decision. What anti-virus are you using? Do you still recommend Defender?

> Any thoughts or comments? I will be recommending one to the pensioners so will be going for one of the free ones.

>

> Thanks

>

> John

>

> John Weller

> 01380 723235

> 07976 393631

>

>

>

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