Anti-Virus Programs
Jun 23, 2022 23:59:46 #
r1ch
Loc: Colorado
rck281 wrote:
I would strongly disagree. Virus protection doesn't have anything to do with the need for a good backup. All hardware is subject to failure.
Sorry, this was a typo. I was saying you don't need a backup in place of antivirus, because defender works well. But yes you absolutely need backup for your files and an image backup of your disk. I must have been watching tv and did not finish my thought.
I suggest macrium reflect for PC, it is free and does everything you need except for incremental. They even have a free business version.You can mount the backup as a disk and pull files out or mount it in a virtual machine and run it as a virtual computer on a different piece of hardware.
Jun 24, 2022 10:49:34 #
jerryc41 wrote:
"Norton" was very good in the beginning - when it was his company. Then he sold his company and his name. He made his fortune with his unerase program.
And with his fortune, didn’t he go and kill himself?
Jun 24, 2022 11:43:44 #
I dropped Norton over 15 years ago. I've been using ESET NOD32, and find that it is very unobtrusive to running programs.
Jun 24, 2022 12:21:45 #
Jun 24, 2022 13:36:58 #
BebuLamar wrote:
He is still alive.
Oh, you’re right. I was thinking of John McAfee.
Jun 24, 2022 14:25:30 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I've been using the free version of Avira for year... (show quote)
But it’s FREE it has to be good!!
Jun 24, 2022 16:09:17 #
Jun 24, 2022 17:06:27 #
Fredrick wrote:
Oh, you’re right. I was thinking of John McAfee.
I think Norton quit writing program before I heard of McAfee. I still have a copy of Norton Utilities for DOS. I run it sometimes for fun.
Jun 27, 2022 19:37:06 #
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Jun 28, 2022 02:40:40 #
I used AVG for a while, but was flooded with ads for the paid version, so removed it. We used McAfee at my job but I would not use it at home. Same goes for Norton, it came installed on a PC I bought and every time they updated the definition files, Norton wanted a reboot. Now I let Windows Defender do it.
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