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To: shadowman who wrote (23444)	11/27/2001 11:36:55 AM
From: Esteban	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110653

I've been happy with AVG antivirus. I had to switch from InnoculateIT because because my free version doesn't support XP. I have noticed, however, that AVG updates the virus definition database far less frequently than InnoculateIT. That can't be a good thing. I'm using both. AVG for email and real time monitoring. IT to scan suspicious files with the very latest definitions. Esteban

To: shadowman who wrote (23444)	11/29/2001 5:35:51 PM
From: Fast Eddie	Respond to of 110653

Looks like too many people took your advice. AVG Free Edition download is due to overwhelming interest in AVG antivirus not available now. AVG Free distribution will be open again at the latest on 1st December 2001. We are sorry for any inconvenience. Slow Eddie

To: shadowman who wrote (23444)	1/14/2002 4:44:34 PM
From: appro	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110653

Re: AVG antivirus: It checks e-mail in and out, it works great and it's free Thanks for the heads-up. I like it better than the Symantec I was using. I had to wait until early December to download due to web-site going over their allowed download limits in November. Been using it ever since. Always nice to find good software. Thanks!

To: shadowman who wrote (23444)	1/25/2002 8:52:58 PM
From: Greg from Edmonton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110653

I am the computer / network technician for a small rural School Division, and first heard of AVG when I was investigating our choices for an Antivirus software solution in late-November of 2001. At the time I noted that AVG had a free offer (AVG Anti-Virus Donation Program for Schools), which offered free licensing of AVG 6.0 Professional Edition. So I signed up, figuring that our school division will try this solution because "something is better than nothing", and it is hard to argue with the price (free). If it doesn't suit our needs then our anti-virus options will still remain open. Now that I've received the licensing keys earlier this month, I've had some time to start using it. This week started with one of the office users noticing an unusual email from a known source. The office user called me to investigate further. The email in question had a bunch of meaningless text and an executable file attachment, suspicious indeed. I told the user to forward the email to me, because I had just installed AVG Professional to evaluate. I received the email, which was immediately flagged as having a payload full of "Magistrate" virus in the file attachment. I was impressed at its ability to contain and eradicate the email virus, and I like that AVG can be configured to automatically check for file updates. I am installing AVG on all office and administrative computers within the school division. AVG should suit our antivirus needs, I am very impressed so far.