Re: AVG or Avast ?



On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:19:58 +0100, Alias wrote:

Uncle Grumpy wrote:

I got pelted by so many updates with Avast ...

Heaven forbid an AV should get updates.

and I think they all
required a reboot,

You don't think, then. Avast only needs a reboot after a program update.

so I dumped it and went back to AVG.

I don't think you've ever used Avast and you're just making it up as you
go along.

Alias


I go the same vibe. If it walks like SPAM...
.



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