Good to see you're back, Shane.
Thank you for your far reaching advice.

Harry.


"Shane" wrote in message
...
Hey Figgs! (and Harry),

While last year I spent some time on acv/acav defending AGV during it's
period of overloaded update servers (because you can still - easily -
update
defs manually), I'm a bit fed up with it now that it's happening again.
I'm
seriously considering going EZ Trust or (more likely) Kaspersky. I haven't
searched the Grisoft ftp yet, but via http there seems no way to get
*program* updates for AVG (as opposed to defs) other than via the program
itself, which at the moment times out repeatedly.

I've always considered that EZ Trust is better than AVG, but that AVG is
enough if coupled with common sense, ie Safe Hex (and that no AV is enough
without common sense!).

I've stopped using Kerio 2.1.5 because it is so old. There are occasions
when it's config file gets deleted for no apparent reason. I don't
consider
Zone Alarm a contender and so it's a toss up between Kerio and Sygate
Personal Firewalls.

Sygate Personal Firewall seems unable to install if *all* traces of the
previous firewall are not first removed, although it installs to a
clean-installed Win 9x without problems.

I had used previous builds of Sygate PF, but stopped a year or so ago
because it would occasionally crash (not something I want my firewall
doing!). However, the current build seems to run (in 9x) OK.

The current build does, however, appear to use WMI, which running from
early
in the boot process, interferes with ScanDefrag (and Scandisk generally)
unless Sygate is closed first (and WMI stopped). This is a minor issue, of
course, but an annoyance.

However, the latest build of Kerio PF does not have installation issues or
bugs that I'm presently aware of (I'm running it in XP). ATM I recommend
Kerio 4.1.2 www.kerio.com/kpf.


Shane

"Heather" wrote in message
...
Hi Harry......

Yes, I like EZ Trust. I have used it (and the freebie InoculateIT PE
version before) for at least 6 years at a guess. I had Norton 3 and
went
to
that after getting 4 viruses because Norton was defective!!

I can't tell you whether AVG & Sygate are better.....it is your choice.
One
thing in EZ Trust's favour tho, is that it updates every day.....AVG
does
not!! But if you practice *safe hex*, it matters not what you use. I
can't
remember the last time my AV went off......I have OE tweaked enough and
an
ISP that grabs viruses and spam, so that it rarely gets used.

So in essence, it is your choice. If you like them, then keep them. If
you
prefer an AV that updates more often, then go for EZ Trust.

Guess that didn't answer your question, did it (G).

Heather....

"webster72n" wrote in message
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Hello Heather:

Knowing that you are an advocate of EZArmor, I would like your opinion
on
whether to go back to EZAntivirus and EZFirewall, which I had lost and
now
retrieved the exe. files, or keep the AVG Antivirus and Sygate
Firewall,
which were installed for immediate protection.
EZArmor requires uninstalling any other Antivirus Software, before
using
it.
I must say that I like AVG & Sygate quite a lot.
What's the verdict?

Harry, old and would prefer it both ways.