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I've had it. I am sick of applications slowing my machine to a hault when they are supposed to be there just to keep me safe. So I have started house cleaning on the PCs I have at home. The first victim is the McAfee Security Center. The Privacy Service never did what I thought it was going to do....in fact, I'm not sure exactly what it does besides cause me to run down and type in a password when someone yells about another stupid prompt. While I really liked the features of the Personal Firewall, what do I need it for when my router and Windows XP both have one and they are free. Finally, the Anti-Virus Protection might be one of the mature applications on the market, but that doesn't explain why it needs to eat so much of my processing power. Besides, the cost for all 3 products is not free.
Instead of using the McAfee virus product, I downloaded and installed Grisoft's AVG Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware applications for free. I have heard good things about these products and their price is right for taking them for an extended test drive.
I don't know what will be next on the list, but I am sure this isn't the last change I am going to be making.
Created 11/10/2006 7:26:00 PM email | website
... on all the PCs at Casa Duffbert, and it works like a charm. Updates once a day automagically, and I've never been hit with a virus on either machine that I use.
I choose not to look at the machines the kids use... :)
Created 11/17/2006 4:00:34 PM email | website
Could I assume that if Sean and Tom use it, and they have no issues, I can use that as a "Stamp of Approval?" My Symantec is bugging me to renew my subscriptions (I have 3 PCs and 2 Macs) and I am getting tired of dropping $30/year/machine.
Created 11/18/2006 4:59:49 AM email | website
Things are going a bit better so far. Honestly, I am not very concerned about viruses hitting my machines. I mean, it's not like I am running Outlook or anything. As long as I get regular updates, I am happy.
I am much more concerned about the adware and spyware coming in and slowing things down while one of the others is at the helm. To that end, the anti-spyware application can run on a regular basis and seems to be less intrusive than Spybot's Tea Timer. I will still be relying on Ad-Aware, Spybot, and Windows Defender to help clean things up on a semi-annual basis, but AVG is my main line of defense now.