M.Simons on Sat, 29 Mar 2003 04:26:07 -0500


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Re: [PLUG] OSS desktop (windows) anti-virus?


On 28 Mar 2003, Tobias DiPasquale wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-03-28 at 13:49, W. Chris Shank wrote:
> > is pretty good? Or, better yet - does anyone know how to get around norton
> > live-update subscription service so that virus definitions are
> > atuomatically updated without this subscription service? A 1 year
> > subscription comes with the software, after that you have to pay again and

The issue here is a virus database. The big names have big databases..

The way to 'get around it' is to legitimately buy the software.. yes,
thats right, the anti virus software or other utility software regularly
goes on free-after-rebate deals generally with upgrade or competitor
rebates.

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