TSGL: AVG Free AV--Does It Scan Incoming HTTP Traffic??

[Don Penlington]

Lee wrote:
>it's not a terribly
>high risk to not scan incoming http traffic.>>


All I can say is that I have used AVG for many years. I often browse to 
high-risk areas of the web (warez, torrents, "free" whatevers----always in 
search of that elusive bargain)---and I've never had my computer 
compromised. Nor do I even bother with XP updates much beyond SP2. Provided 
you are sensibly cautious, scan each file individually after downloading, 
and have your browser security settings set correctly, I doubt there's as 
much risk as many people imagine. A good firewall is, of course, essential.

If you make an occasional disk image with Acronis, Ghost, or similar, then 
there's not much to worry about anyway, even in a worst-case scenario. If 
you were suddenly inundated with a plague of the most horrible viruses 
imaginable, a restoration of your last disk image should bring you back to 
square one.

Don Penlington





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