TSGL: Which Anti-Virus and Firewall To Use

[Beezersmom at aol.com]

John
Thank you for responding.
Toni
 
In a message dated 2/6/2007 9:14:31 AM Eastern Standard Time,  john.shortla
nd at bigpond.com writes:

Toni,
Here, here, to what Michael says.  The less you have to  do with anything 
aol the better off you and your computer will be.   Please read this 
excellent article about your concern written by Fred  Langa in early 
December on this and aol  generally.
http://windowssecrets.com/comp/061207/
... ~ John  S.

Michael wrote:
> Well, I for one as a tech clean infected  machines almost every week that 
are
> running AOL's "security software",  to use the term loosely. I would not
> recommend relying on their  software as it simply does not do its job in my
> experience.
>  Michael
>
> -----Original Message-----
> On Behalf Of  Beezersmom....
>
> AOL states that my safety status is poor for  the following two reasons:
> 1. Multiple anti-virus programs are  installed on your  computer.
>  
> To take full  advantage of AOL's Safety and Security Center,  provided by 
>  McAfee, we recommend uninstalling the following anit-virus   products:
>
> PC-cillin Internet Security - Virus   Protection
> Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security  2006
>  2. I get the same message when AOL wants me to uninstall  the same two  
> programs firewalls that I use for anti-virus to be able to   install AOL's
> firewall, provided by McAfee.
> AOL is my default  but I prefer using PC-cillin Internet Security and Trend 
> Micro  PC-cillin Internet Security rather than use AOL's McAfee that only
>  loads when I sign in to  AOL.
> I need to know if I'm doing the  correct thing by just ignoring  AOL's 
> statement that my safety  status is poor.
> Any advise will be greatly appreciated.
>  Thanks, Toni

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