[WEB4LIB] Re: virus checker for public computers

[Robyn Barker]

PC Magazine, in an article called "Personal Antivirus."  Citation is PC
Magazine (Jun 11, 2002): p. 98. 

Robyn Barker
Systems Librarian
California Institute of Integral Studies
1453 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA  94103


-----Original Message-----
From: Robin Boulton [mailto:rboulton at linc.lib.il.us] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 7:10 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: virus checker for public computers

I too was using the free AVG product at home - but just a week after I 
installed it, either PC Magazine or PC Week did a review of antivirus 
software, including AVG, and slammed it severely, basically saying it
was 
not worth the trouble of installing it (sorry, I can't be more specific 
about where and when the article appeared - I read it, noted it and
moved 
on). Anyway, it put the fear into me sufficiently that I moved to a paid

product.


At 11:05 PM 7/22/2002 -0700, Stacy Pober wrote:
>Most of our campus uses Norton/Symantic virus software, but I hate how
it 
>slows
>down the systems. We also had some problems with it being very slow in 
>updating
>virus definition files (I think they had more demand than their servers
could
>handle at the time.)
>
>I am considering getting licenses for one of the alternative virus
checkers,
>such as InoculateIT from Computer Associates or AVG from Grisoft.  I
used 
>that
>one when it was free and found that it didn't use system resources as
much as
>the Norton virus software.  Out of frugality, I'm now using AVG's  free

>version
>on my home computers and have had no problems with it.
>
>Anyone want to recommend or warn me off of any particular virus
products?
>
>Best,
>Stacy Pober
>Information Alchemist
>Manhattan College Library
>http://www.manhattan.edu/library/
>stacy.pober at manhattan.edu
>
>
>
>
>
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