[Eug-lug] AVG virus protection software

Brad Pitcher bpitcher at orcasinc.com
Wed Dec 6 13:33:09 PST 2006


Patrick R. Wade wrote:
> Quentin Hartman wrote:
>> On 12/5/06, Brian Gallagher <baggab at pacinfo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> It looks like AVG will not be free any more after January 15th.  Now I
>>> am looking for suggestions for a replacement.
>>
>>
>> I use WinClam, which is an implementation of ClamAV for Windows all
>> the time. It works quite well. The only feature it's really missing is
>> the "real-time" scanning of files when they are accessed.
>>
>> At the very least I've found it to be a useful second line of defense
>> as it can (and has) catch things other scanners miss.
>>
>> http://www.clamwin.com/
>
> IIRC there is an open-source antispyware tool for windows that can be
> work together with clamwin to do real-time scanning.
>
It's called WinPooch.
http://winpooch.free.fr/page/home.php?lang=en&page=home


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