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SDG — 7/31/2009 2:06:28 PM (archived)

I feel better protected because of that. The shorter the window between discovery of a virus and innoculation the better. I never understood why symantec insists on updating once a week except in special occasions when there is a pandemic like nimda. The other advantage is daily updates are smaller updates.

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The necessary evil of anti-virus-Avast Home Edition - FrankC - 7/30/2009 1:17:26 AM
- If the internet works faster, it may be that avast is not providing the same level of protection. - alcaray - 7/30/2009 1:28:08 AM
  - That's true, it found a trojan on it's first scan but that doesn't mean a lot - FrankC - 7/30/2009 2:59:20 AM
    - re: That's true, it found a trojan on it's first scan but that doesn't mean a lot - Doug Ellison - 7/30/2009 10:12:28 AM
      - re: That's true, it found a trojan on it's first scan but that doesn't mean a lot - TB - 7/30/2009 2:17:01 PM
        
        I'm going on 3 years with Avast and love it. (n/t) - SDG - 7/30/2009 2:25:30 PM
        
        A question - FrankC - 7/30/2009 4:33:59 PM
        
        You need one once in the beginning, at least. - alcaray - 7/30/2009 5:20:25 PM
        
        A thorough scan was part of set up - FrankC - 7/30/2009 6:32:55 PM
        
        Or after the virus profiles are updated... - alcaray - 7/30/2009 7:51:14 PM
        
        Avast updates every day - SDG - 7/31/2009 2:06:28 PM

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