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Date:         Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:54:15 -0800
Reply-To:     B <oddstray@ODDSTRAY.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         B <oddstray@ODDSTRAY.COM>
Subject:      Re: NVC at all (computer question)
In-Reply-To:  <B9589AEA-0720-49CA-93FF-276AAF685531@oddstray.com>
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Oops!

S corrects me ... we use free AntiVir and *not* free AVG. So it's free AntiVir that my company accepts as acceptable protection. I know nuffink about free AVG!

B&S '87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc' SoCal

On Jan 9, 2009, at 7:44 PM, B wrote:

> From my work, which is paranoid about garbage getting onto their > network due to the size of the company, we are given "magic decoder > rings" which allow us to access our network from home, but only as > long as we have acceptable protection on our home computers. > > To my amazement, they consider free AVG to be acceptable protection. > We have the free AVG (got sick of McAfee and Norton nickle-n-diming us > to death). And each time we start up the computer, we get the AVG > popup encouraging us to upgrade to the pay version. But if our 'ever- > so-protective' IT folks think AVG is acceptable, I'm thinking that it > must be at least pretty good. > > Someone else in this thread mentioned that some pr*n sites put mal- > ware that's nearly impossible to get rid of. Sometimes the answer to > a problematical computer is to save one's data, wipe the disk, and > reinstall everything from scratch. > > > B&S > '87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc > SoCal > > > > On Jan 9, 2009, at 8:41 AM, Sudhir Desai wrote: > >> Were you using AVG before you had the popup infestation? >> First off, I recommend ditching AVG, and buying an anti-virus >> program. >> (Check PC Magazine, or your favorite computer publication to figure >> out what to buy.) >> Secondly, in all the browsers currently installed on your computer, >> delete cookies, and if there is an option to delete all personal >> information, use it. >> To prevent pop-ups in the future, use a browser that has a built-in >> popup blocker (per the suggestion of whomever it was -- Google >> Chrome, >> Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer with Google Toolbar installed) >> >> But I think the major source of the popups is AVG itself. >> >> Just my $.02. >> cheers, >> sudhir


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