It does. There must be at least ten different modules that are running all the time checking for hacks. Some check email in and out. There is a SPAM detector. Others check for hijack attempts and scanning of files when they open and when they install. That wouldn't be so bad if they were 100% effective. But I have repaired machines running AVG that got infected anyway. Spam and root-kits are a major problem.
Avast checks for updates everytime you boot. The authors are in Europe and are trying hard to build a good product. It only does root-kits and viruses not all the things a full suite would do but it is not perfect. You need other products to round out a suite. On the other hand it is fast. ----- Original Message ----- From: "MB Software Solutions General Account" <[email protected]> To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 4:55 PM Subject: Re: [NF] McAfee and FTP > On Wed, October 21, 2009 4:35 pm, Paul McNett wrote: >> Nicholas Geti wrote: >> >>> AVG does not get very good ratings. Check reviews in PCWorld. I prefer >>> Avast. >>> >> >> AVG gets great reviews, check PC Advisor. > > > Lost of laptop's hard drive last week. Dell replaced it so now I'm > starting from scratch again. Going with Avast this time around instead of > AVG. Just trying something different...no real reason why. Thought > perhaps it might be quicker with Avast, as I was wondering if AVG was > slowing my machine down. > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/c7e60a012201401182ac10c11172d...@dual ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
