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Freeware Virus Protection for Win9X
Name: new_guy Date: August 19, 2002 at 19:41:44 Pacific
Comment:
Does freeware virus protection for Win9X really exist? If so, how effective is it and where can one download it?
Name: freaku Date: August 19, 2002 at 19:50:05 Pacific
Reply:
Goto www.winfiles.com and search for freeware virus software.
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Response Number 2
Name: Bill McMinn Date: August 19, 2002 at 20:00:45 Pacific
Reply:
I use a freeware Anti-Virus program called AVG Anti-Virus, automatic updating, e-mail scanning, and less of a system resource hit than Norton or MacAfee. Download it at www.grisoft.com
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Response Number 3
Name: new_guy Date: August 19, 2002 at 23:17:20 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks for the information. I'll download AVG and see how it works.
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