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Old May 27th 08, 08:29 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Heather
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Default Free Year of CA Antivirus

Saw this today on the antivirus group......but I doubt that I will go
back to it. Confusing as Avast can be at times, I think I prefer their
detection rate and the fact that it always updates.......not like CA.
But it is worthwhile knowing it is out there.

Heather

1 year FREE trial of CA Anti-Virus
http://home3.ca.com/SubscriptCenter/...n.aspx?cid=573


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Old May 27th 08, 09:48 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Joan Archer
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I took CA off Johns computer and installed Avast so I doubt if I'll put it
back on even though It's free, didn't it used to be free before Heather I
seem to recall that you ran it for quite a while like that.
Joan

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"Heather" wrote in message
...
Saw this today on the antivirus group......but I doubt that I will go back
to it. Confusing as Avast can be at times, I think I prefer their
detection rate and the fact that it always updates.......not like CA. But
it is worthwhile knowing it is out there.

Heather

1 year FREE trial of CA Anti-Virus
http://home3.ca.com/SubscriptCenter/...n.aspx?cid=573

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Old May 27th 08, 09:58 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Heather
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Yes, I used it since it was Inoculate It PE.....eons ago. Kept finding
free copies via Microsoft and finally went to Avast a year ago when I
had to pay for it. So Avast took some getting used to cuz I had only
ever used Norton (yech) before, I think.

Oh, and I used to have the manual one on here......memory fails
me......aha, F-Prot. Good little proggie that was. The man who wrote
that (Fridrik Skulason, I believe) was amazing. As you know, I am a
genealogist, but this man has EVERYONE IN ICELAND on his database. Now
that is Amazing!!

Cheers.....Heather

"Joan Archer" wrote in message
...
I took CA off Johns computer and installed Avast so I doubt if I'll put
it back on even though It's free, didn't it used to be free before
Heather I seem to recall that you ran it for quite a while like that.
Joan

--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher
http://lachsoft.com/photogallery

"Heather" wrote in message
...
Saw this today on the antivirus group......but I doubt that I will go
back to it. Confusing as Avast can be at times, I think I prefer
their detection rate and the fact that it always updates.......not
like CA. But it is worthwhile knowing it is out there.

Heather

1 year FREE trial of CA Anti-Virus
http://home3.ca.com/SubscriptCenter/...n.aspx?cid=573



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Old May 27th 08, 11:50 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Heirloom[_3_]
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I have CA on my mother's machine. I don't especially like the program....it
is too bloated and not user friendly. Their renewals are too expensive and
the scan is painfully slow. As soon as her subscription runs out, Avast! or
AVG will be on her machine!!
Heirloom, old and free is all CA is
worth.......IMHO

"Heather" wrote in message
...
Yes, I used it since it was Inoculate It PE.....eons ago. Kept finding
free copies via Microsoft and finally went to Avast a year ago when I had
to pay for it. So Avast took some getting used to cuz I had only ever
used Norton (yech) before, I think.

Oh, and I used to have the manual one on here......memory fails
me......aha, F-Prot. Good little proggie that was. The man who wrote
that (Fridrik Skulason, I believe) was amazing. As you know, I am a
genealogist, but this man has EVERYONE IN ICELAND on his database. Now
that is Amazing!!

Cheers.....Heather

"Joan Archer" wrote in message
...
I took CA off Johns computer and installed Avast so I doubt if I'll put it
back on even though It's free, didn't it used to be free before Heather I
seem to recall that you ran it for quite a while like that.
Joan

--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher
http://lachsoft.com/photogallery

"Heather" wrote in message
...
Saw this today on the antivirus group......but I doubt that I will go
back to it. Confusing as Avast can be at times, I think I prefer their
detection rate and the fact that it always updates.......not like CA.
But it is worthwhile knowing it is out there.

Heather

1 year FREE trial of CA Anti-Virus
http://home3.ca.com/SubscriptCenter/...n.aspx?cid=573





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Old May 28th 08, 12:04 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
O.J. Newman
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Hi Heather:

Thanks for the info!

Unfortunately, the link disqualified me as a previous participant, since I
tried this offer several years ago.

Also, I noticed that CA A/V only supports Win 2000, XP, and Vista (and only
the 32-bit edition of these).

(See: http://shop.ca.com/virus/antivirus.aspx .)

Win 98/ME are no longer supported, as is the case with most anti-virus
products these days.

The main exception to the rule seems to be avast!, which continues to
support Win 9x/ME (thankfully) in their latest release.

Cheers,
O.J.

"Heather" wrote in message
...
Saw this today on the antivirus group......but I doubt that I will go back
to it. Confusing as Avast can be at times, I think I prefer their
detection rate and the fact that it always updates.......not like CA. But
it is worthwhile knowing it is out there.

Heather

1 year FREE trial of CA Anti-Virus
http://home3.ca.com/SubscriptCenter/...n.aspx?cid=573



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Old May 28th 08, 12:18 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Mike M
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Default Free Year of CA Antivirus

Unfortunately, the link disqualified me as a previous participant,
since I tried this offer several years ago.


Which is where GMail and throw away e-mail addresses can come to the fore.
Not that I am bothered now with CA but if you were to do so don't try
using any of Ossie Laden, Joe Blow, John Doe Jr., Harvey Pingu, AnonAnon
and others I cannot now remember as they've all had their free licence.
eg
--
Mike Maltby



O.J. Newman wrote:

Hi Heather:

Thanks for the info!

Unfortunately, the link disqualified me as a previous participant,
since I tried this offer several years ago.

Also, I noticed that CA A/V only supports Win 2000, XP, and Vista
(and only the 32-bit edition of these).

(See:
http://shop.ca.com/virus/antivirus.aspx .)

Win 98/ME are no longer supported, as is the case with most anti-virus
products these days.

The main exception to the rule seems to be avast!, which continues to
support Win 9x/ME (thankfully) in their latest release.


 




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