TSGL: Which Anti-Virus and Firewall To Use

[Beezersmom at aol.com]

Thank you, Don from sunny Queensland, for your  response.
I agree with you "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" so, as I  told
Michael, I'll continue to use PC-cillin Internet Security  
Anti-virus and Firewall Protection.
As to the two Anti-virus and firewall that AOL said I had,
all I know is that I purchased PC-cillin from Dell when they
were building my "replacement" XPS 710 and they installed it.
Since PC-cillin is a Trend Micro Product and I do run 
Trend Micro House call perhaps that's where AOL picked
up on two anti-viruses and two firewalls.
How's the weather there, is it still as hot as blue blazes?
Here in Aberdeen, Maryland (hometown of the great 
Ironman of baseball Cal Ripken, Jr.) the wind chill is about 7.
I much prefer the cold to the relentless heat & humidity.
Toni 

 
In a message dated 2/6/2007 10:31:27 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
deepend at tpg.com.au writes:

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

>From the Beach at Surfers Paradise in sunny  Queensland.
Computer tutorials, local scenery,  and other things at my  website:
http://users.tpg.com.au/deepend/index1.html


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