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

[Paul <paul@dpagin.net>]

For Windows AV I use McAfee, with which it is still optional to have a 
subscription for automatic updates.  I just download free DAT files 
every month or so.  Although, I have a feeling that they're moving 
toward a mandatory subscription model like Norton.


Tobias DiPasquale wrote:

> There are no viable OSS AV packages for Windows, and you're not likely
> to see one any time soon. This is a subindustry that found out long ago
> that the subscription model was the way to make the money. Even F-Prot
> is on a subscription model these days. Your best bet is to just pay the
> fee to Norton... at least its only once a year.
>
>  

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