[Eug-lug] AVG virus protection software

[Quentin Hartman]

On 12/6/06, Brad Pitcher <bpitcher at orcasinc.com> wrote:
> 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

Thanks for this! I had read about this sometime ago but then lost
track of it and had been unable to find it again.

-- 
-Regards-

-Quentin Hartman-