TSGL: Which Anti-Virus and Firewall To Use

[Don Penlington]

At 05:20 PM 2/5/2007 -0500, you wrote:
>AOL states that my safety status is poor for the following two  reasons:
>1. Multiple anti-virus programs are installed on your  computer.>>


That sort of advice, to me, would be a jolly good reason to wipe AOL from 
my computer.  It has never enjoyed a good reputation among the 
technically-knowledgeable community anyway.

Sounds to me as if you're getting caught up in the crossfire of a rather 
nasty commercial war.

Maybe McAfee is getting so far behind the marketing 8-ball that this is the 
only way left to market their product.
It used to be a very good product, and still is in many ways, but like 
Nortons, it has lost its way in recent times.

My own impression is that if you follow their advice, you'd be dropping at 
least 2 notches in your security.

I've never used AOL nor had anything to do with it, and maybe AOL has 
cleaned up its act recently, so let's see what the more enlightened members 
of our community think.  I think it's part of AOL's continual quest for 
market domination, by steering its customers to its own associated products.

Am I being too harsh?

If you're not having any security problems now, why change?

It's unclear from your email exactly what you are using now for a-v, and 
what you're using for your firewall. You should only use one firewall. You 
mentioned two.

Don Penlington

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