IBM ThinkPad X60 Virus Program

I just got this laptop and deleted that Norton Virus which came with it and
I definitely did not want. Now my home xp has the Shield Antivus 2007 but
does not include Vista just xp..

What antivirus program is everyone using for this Vista Business?

Thanks
Mary

"Mary" <absolutelymary@calm.com> wrote in message
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>I just got this laptop and deleted that Norton Virus which came with it and
>I definitely did not want. Now my home xp has the Shield Antivus 2007 but
>does not include Vista just xp..
>
> What antivirus program is everyone using for this Vista Business?
>
> Thanks
> Mary
>

There are two free antivirus apps that work quite well:
AVG: http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/
Avast:
http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

--
Michael Solomon
Backup is a PC user's best friend
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"Mary" wrote
>I just got this laptop and deleted that Norton Virus which came with it and
>I definitely did not want. Now my home xp has the Shield Antivus 2007 but
>does not include Vista just xp..
>
> What antivirus program is everyone using for this Vista Business?

On the free side I recommend Avast. That's what I use. For paid there is
NOD32, and Kaspersky, both excellent.

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

Ok, thank you all very much. I have one more question though, does this
Avast have a scheduled daily scanning of my pc you can setup in the program?
I know that it automatically checks for updates so that's good.

Thanks again.
Mary

"Rock" <Rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> "Mary" wrote
>>I just got this laptop and deleted that Norton Virus which came with it
>>and I definitely did not want. Now my home xp has the Shield Antivus 2007
>>but does not include Vista just xp..
>>
>> What antivirus program is everyone using for this Vista Business?
>
> On the free side I recommend Avast. That's what I use. For paid there is
> NOD32, and Kaspersky, both excellent.
>
> --
> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

Actually scheduled scans for an AV program are a waste of time. A good AV
solutions scans in the background and is totally unnoticeable to you the
user. Avast does this by default. About the only time you really need to do
a full scan is if you think you have been infected.

Dan


"Mary" <absolutelymary@calm.com> wrote in message
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> Ok, thank you all very much. I have one more question though, does this
> Avast have a scheduled daily scanning of my pc you can setup in the
> program? I know that it automatically checks for updates so that's good.
>
> Thanks again.
> Mary
>
> "Rock" <Rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:eZpRxVQnHHA.4960@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> "Mary" wrote
>>>I just got this laptop and deleted that Norton Virus which came with it
>>>and I definitely did not want. Now my home xp has the Shield Antivus
>>>2007 but does not include Vista just xp..
>>>
>>> What antivirus program is everyone using for this Vista Business?
>>
>> On the free side I recommend Avast. That's what I use. For paid there
>> is NOD32, and Kaspersky, both excellent.
>>
>> --
>> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
>
>

Gosh, I did not know that.......thank you.

Mary


"Angry_American" <Angry_American@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:BF542343-A379-4D63-9737-D42556DC5171@microsoft.com...
> Actually scheduled scans for an AV program are a waste of time. A good AV
> solutions scans in the background and is totally unnoticeable to you the
> user. Avast does this by default. About the only time you really need to
> do a full scan is if you think you have been infected.
>
> Dan
>
>
> "Mary" <absolutelymary@calm.com> wrote in message
> news:%23LZFZ1UnHHA.596@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Ok, thank you all very much. I have one more question though, does this
>> Avast have a scheduled daily scanning of my pc you can setup in the
>> program? I know that it automatically checks for updates so that's good.
>>
>> Thanks again.
>> Mary
>>
>> "Rock" <Rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
>> news:eZpRxVQnHHA.4960@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> "Mary" wrote
>>>>I just got this laptop and deleted that Norton Virus which came with it
>>>>and I definitely did not want. Now my home xp has the Shield Antivus
>>>>2007 but does not include Vista just xp..
>>>>
>>>> What antivirus program is everyone using for this Vista Business?
>>>
>>> On the free side I recommend Avast. That's what I use. For paid there
>>> is NOD32, and Kaspersky, both excellent.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
>>
>>
>

"Angry_American" <Angry_American@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:BF542343-A379-4D63-9737-D42556DC5171@microsoft.com...
> Actually scheduled scans for an AV program are a waste of time. A good AV
> solutions scans in the background and is totally unnoticeable to you the
> user. Avast does this by default. About the only time you really need to
> do a full scan is if you think you have been infected.
>

Yes, agreed. I know some moron who does a full system scan every time he
boots up. What a waste of time and HDD life.

ss.

On Wed, 23 May 2007 10:16:29 -0500, "Mary" <absolutelymary@calm.com>
wrote:

>Ok, thank you all very much. I have one more question though, does this
>Avast have a scheduled daily scanning of my pc you can setup in the program?
>I know that it automatically checks for updates so that's good.


Better yet, you can set it do a scan whenever your screen saver comes
on. So it scans whenever the system is idle, rather than on a fixed
schedule.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

Again, thank you so much.....now I am ready to install it.


"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 23 May 2007 10:16:29 -0500, "Mary" <absolutelymary@calm.com>
> wrote:
>
>>Ok, thank you all very much. I have one more question though, does this
>>Avast have a scheduled daily scanning of my pc you can setup in the
>>program?
>>I know that it automatically checks for updates so that's good.
>
>
> Better yet, you can set it do a scan whenever your screen saver comes
> on. So it scans whenever the system is idle, rather than on a fixed
> schedule.
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

i downloaded McAfee. It only let's you have a free trial for 90 days, but
afterwards you can buy it at the store. I have windows premium, but i am
using McAfee.
--
Francine


"Mary" wrote:

> I just got this laptop and deleted that Norton Virus which came with it and
> I definitely did not want. Now my home xp has the Shield Antivus 2007 but
> does not include Vista just xp..
>
> What antivirus program is everyone using for this Vista Business?
>
> Thanks
> Mary
>
>
>