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Rising Anti-Virus Free query
I need a new free anti-virus program to work with my beloved WinMe, and
Rising Anti-virus Free and Avast seem to be the only ones around. Avast stops support for WinMe at the end of this year, leaving Rising as my best bet. Anyone with experience with Rising Free? Good? Bad? |
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Rising Anti-Virus Free query
Hi HD......glad to see you found the spot. And also glad you have now
munged your address. These folks should be able to advise you. Personally, I would keep the version of Avast that you have and let it update the definitions. But I will see what the rest say. Heather in Ontario hdoherty@NO SPAMns.sympatico.ca (Hugh Doherty) wrote in message ... I need a new free anti-virus program to work with my beloved WinMe, and Rising Anti-virus Free and Avast seem to be the only ones around. Avast stops support for WinMe at the end of this year, leaving Rising as my best bet. Anyone with experience with Rising Free? Good? Bad? |
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Hey Figgs,
What I say - these days - is give up on free AV for 9x. Go for the best deal on a quality paid option. For instance, NOD32. I got a 2 year license for 3 machines and they don't have to be at the same location. So three users can get NOD32 for two years for not so very much, particularly if split three ways. IIRC they do three year deals also. And v2.7 - that even runs on Win 95 still - remains available. I daresay other companies have vaguely similar deals. Of course, for those afraid they could die after only getting one year's use out of it, it is a dilemma! But it gets to the point where if there are no circumstances in which a user will consider paying for AV software, they might as well not use any and I figure that time is just about reached with Win Me. Shane Heather wrote: Hi HD......glad to see you found the spot. And also glad you have now munged your address. These folks should be able to advise you. Personally, I would keep the version of Avast that you have and let it update the definitions. But I will see what the rest say. Heather in Ontario hdoherty@NO SPAMns.sympatico.ca (Hugh Doherty) wrote in message ... I need a new free anti-virus program to work with my beloved WinMe, and Rising Anti-virus Free and Avast seem to be the only ones around. Avast stops support for WinMe at the end of this year, leaving Rising as my best bet. Anyone with experience with Rising Free? Good? Bad? |
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Rising Anti-Virus Free query
Hey James.......been a bit under the weather but hope to be back in
*full glory* soon, lol. Hi to everyone and a Happy Easter!! (or Bunny Day, as I call it). Heading over to the neighbours for a traditional early Easter dinner. We have been *adopted*.....lol. Take care......Figgs "James Borke" wrote in message ... Hey Figgs, What I say - these days - is give up on free AV for 9x. Go for the best deal on a quality paid option. For instance, NOD32. I got a 2 year license for 3 machines and they don't have to be at the same location. So three users can get NOD32 for two years for not so very much, particularly if split three ways. IIRC they do three year deals also. And v2.7 - that even runs on Win 95 still - remains available. I daresay other companies have vaguely similar deals. Of course, for those afraid they could die after only getting one year's use out of it, it is a dilemma! But it gets to the point where if there are no circumstances in which a user will consider paying for AV software, they might as well not use any and I figure that time is just about reached with Win Me. Shane Heather wrote: Hi HD......glad to see you found the spot. And also glad you have now munged your address. These folks should be able to advise you. Personally, I would keep the version of Avast that you have and let it update the definitions. But I will see what the rest say. Heather in Ontario hdoherty@NO SPAMns.sympatico.ca (Hugh Doherty) wrote in message ... I need a new free anti-virus program to work with my beloved WinMe, and Rising Anti-virus Free and Avast seem to be the only ones around. Avast stops support for WinMe at the end of this year, leaving Rising as my best bet. Anyone with experience with Rising Free? Good? Bad? |
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Rising Anti-Virus Free query
FWIW - AVG 7.5 Free is *still* updating it's daily definitions on my WinMe
laptop. Be interesting to see if they really do stop on the 30 April - the 'alleged' date of cessation of 'support' (which seems to have been extended on several occasions). My WinMe Desktop has now been dismantled and unwanted bits consigned to the 'recyclable waste' skip at my local dump. It served me well - RIP Mart hdoherty@NO SPAMns.sympatico.ca (Hugh Doherty) wrote in message ... I need a new free anti-virus program to work with my beloved WinMe, and Rising Anti-virus Free and Avast seem to be the only ones around. Avast stops support for WinMe at the end of this year, leaving Rising as my best bet. Anyone with experience with Rising Free? Good? Bad? |
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My desktop isn't ready for the dump yet, Mart and 'will keep it as long as
it works. Where Avast is concerned, we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. There probably still will be some freebee's ready for grabs. Doesn't anyone care about Easter anymore besides Figgs? I am tagging along with my best wishes. Harry. "Mart" wrote in message ... FWIW - AVG 7.5 Free is *still* updating it's daily definitions on my WinMe laptop. Be interesting to see if they really do stop on the 30 April - the 'alleged' date of cessation of 'support' (which seems to have been extended on several occasions). My WinMe Desktop has now been dismantled and unwanted bits consigned to the 'recyclable waste' skip at my local dump. It served me well - RIP Mart hdoherty@NO SPAMns.sympatico.ca (Hugh Doherty) wrote in message ... I need a new free anti-virus program to work with my beloved WinMe, and Rising Anti-virus Free and Avast seem to be the only ones around. Avast stops support for WinMe at the end of this year, leaving Rising as my best bet. Anyone with experience with Rising Free? Good? Bad? |
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From: hdoherty@NO SPAMns.sympatico.ca (Hugh Doherty)
| I need a new free anti-virus program to work with my beloved WinMe, and | Rising Anti-virus Free and Avast seem to be the only ones around. | Avast stops support for WinMe at the end of this year, leaving Rising | as my best bet. Anyone with experience with Rising Free? Good? Bad? I do NOT trust this Chinese AV solution nor the company based upon recent news events realated to this company and its management. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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My mum was in hospital in January (she's okay) and my sister and I were
visiting and shopping and stuff. At Sainsburys (you probably saw several when you were here, likely from the inside too!) the Easter Eggs were on sale. We got a small Lindt (world's best chocolate) bunny each (200 kcal max.). At the checkouts were piles of packs of Hot Cross Buns on offer (something like 2 for 1, you know? So it wasn't like "have some Hot Cross Buns in January!" so much as "Have twice as many Hot Cross Buns in January!"). Last year Easter was in March, which killed the whole thing stone dead for me! But the first time I got sunburnt to were I peeled - and I tan - was on Easter Sunday 1980, working on the roof of Pershore General Market. And it was on the same job that I knackered my back. So Easter Schmeaster! I see Jesus looked like Max Von Sydow! I suppose Linda Blair was the spit of Mary Magdalene. Shame Barbera Hershey doesn't live here though. Everyone well, I trust? How's Casey? Haven't heard about the chap in a while. Shane Heather wrote: Hey James.......been a bit under the weather but hope to be back in *full glory* soon, lol. Hi to everyone and a Happy Easter!! (or Bunny Day, as I call it). Heading over to the neighbours for a traditional early Easter dinner. We have been *adopted*.....lol. Take care......Figgs "James Borke" wrote in message ... Hey Figgs, What I say - these days - is give up on free AV for 9x. Go for the best deal on a quality paid option. For instance, NOD32. I got a 2 year license for 3 machines and they don't have to be at the same location. So three users can get NOD32 for two years for not so very much, particularly if split three ways. IIRC they do three year deals also. And v2.7 - that even runs on Win 95 still - remains available. I daresay other companies have vaguely similar deals. Of course, for those afraid they could die after only getting one year's use out of it, it is a dilemma! But it gets to the point where if there are no circumstances in which a user will consider paying for AV software, they might as well not use any and I figure that time is just about reached with Win Me. Shane Heather wrote: Hi HD......glad to see you found the spot. And also glad you have now munged your address. These folks should be able to advise you. Personally, I would keep the version of Avast that you have and let it update the definitions. But I will see what the rest say. Heather in Ontario hdoherty@NO SPAMns.sympatico.ca (Hugh Doherty) wrote in message ... I need a new free anti-virus program to work with my beloved WinMe, and Rising Anti-virus Free and Avast seem to be the only ones around. Avast stops support for WinMe at the end of this year, leaving Rising as my best bet. Anyone with experience with Rising Free? Good? Bad? |
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Hey REB....got 2 Lindt bunnies sitting on the table waiting for us. The
Easter Bunny makes early drop offs for old folks (G) Sorry to hear about your Mum....but glad she is OK. Ron is doing relatively well, other than looking like Methusalah!! He grew a beard years ago. Can't remember if he had it in England. Poor Casey had some medical problems too. What I thought was a cataract turned out to be glaucoma and he lost the sight in one eye. He is on daily eye drops now and bitches every day when I put them in. One good thing.....he can't see them coming so doesn't blink and avoid them, lol. Just one eye, which the vet says is quite unusual. How's Rosie doing?? Or is that spelled "Rosey"?? Mmmmmm, love hot cross buns and wish they would make them at other times of the year. Cheers.....Casey's Mom. "Raymond Ellis Bextor" wrote in message ... My mum was in hospital in January (she's okay) and my sister and I were visiting and shopping and stuff. At Sainsburys (you probably saw several when you were here, likely from the inside too!) the Easter Eggs were on sale. We got a small Lindt (world's best chocolate) bunny each (200 kcal max.). At the checkouts were piles of packs of Hot Cross Buns on offer (something like 2 for 1, you know? So it wasn't like "have some Hot Cross Buns in January!" so much as "Have twice as many Hot Cross Buns in January!"). Last year Easter was in March, which killed the whole thing stone dead for me! But the first time I got sunburnt to were I peeled - and I tan - was on Easter Sunday 1980, working on the roof of Pershore General Market. And it was on the same job that I knackered my back. So Easter Schmeaster! I see Jesus looked like Max Von Sydow! I suppose Linda Blair was the spit of Mary Magdalene. Shame Barbera Hershey doesn't live here though. Everyone well, I trust? How's Casey? Haven't heard about the chap in a while. Shane Heather wrote: Hey James.......been a bit under the weather but hope to be back in *full glory* soon, lol. Hi to everyone and a Happy Easter!! (or Bunny Day, as I call it). Heading over to the neighbours for a traditional early Easter dinner. We have been *adopted*.....lol. Take care......Figgs "James Borke" wrote in message ... Hey Figgs, What I say - these days - is give up on free AV for 9x. Go for the best deal on a quality paid option. For instance, NOD32. I got a 2 year license for 3 machines and they don't have to be at the same location. So three users can get NOD32 for two years for not so very much, particularly if split three ways. IIRC they do three year deals also. And v2.7 - that even runs on Win 95 still - remains available. I daresay other companies have vaguely similar deals. Of course, for those afraid they could die after only getting one year's use out of it, it is a dilemma! But it gets to the point where if there are no circumstances in which a user will consider paying for AV software, they might as well not use any and I figure that time is just about reached with Win Me. Shane Heather wrote: Hi HD......glad to see you found the spot. And also glad you have now munged your address. These folks should be able to advise you. Personally, I would keep the version of Avast that you have and let it update the definitions. But I will see what the rest say. Heather in Ontario hdoherty@NO SPAMns.sympatico.ca (Hugh Doherty) wrote in message ... I need a new free anti-virus program to work with my beloved WinMe, and Rising Anti-virus Free and Avast seem to be the only ones around. Avast stops support for WinMe at the end of this year, leaving Rising as my best bet. Anyone with experience with Rising Free? Good? Bad? |
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David H. Lipman wrote:
From: hdoherty@NO SPAMns.sympatico.ca (Hugh Doherty) I need a new free anti-virus program to work with my beloved WinMe, and Rising Anti-virus Free and Avast seem to be the only ones around. Avast stops support for WinMe at the end of this year, leaving Rising as my best bet. Anyone with experience with Rising Free? Good? Bad? I do NOT trust this Chinese AV solution nor the company based upon recent news events realated to this company and its management. No, it would not be particularly astute to trust them after that - but I wouldn't believe *any* official news to come out of China. I'd be more inclined to believe that injustice was being done rather than justice, in this and any other case. That whoever the authorities there are on the side of, is the bad guy. Shane |
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