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]]> By: Anonymoushttp://cybernetnews.com/are-you-running-the-free-avg-antivirus-illegally/#comment-17378 Anonymous Tue, 05 Sep 2006 22:16:25 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/08/17/are-you-running-the-free-avg-antivirus-illegally/#comment-17378 >They say that “avast! 4 Home Edition can only be used by home users that do NOT use their computer for profit.”That's not much better. Anyone who has a job and brings work home, sells on ebay, writes articles or stories they may sell, makes a website that sells anything or collects ad revenue, etc., would be in violation of that. >They say that “avast! 4 Home Edition can only be used by home users that do NOT use their computer for profit.”

That’s not much better. Anyone who has a job and brings work home, sells on ebay, writes articles or stories they may sell, makes a website that sells anything or collects ad revenue, etc., would be in violation of that.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://cybernetnews.com/are-you-running-the-free-avg-antivirus-illegally/#comment-11762 Anonymous Tue, 22 Aug 2006 11:57:16 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/08/17/are-you-running-the-free-avg-antivirus-illegally/#comment-11762 May these links from Grisoft's forums enlighten thou: <a href="http://forum.grisoft.cz/freeforum/read.php?5,74511,backpage=,sv=" rel="nofollow">AVG Free License Issue</a> <a href="http://forum.grisoft.cz/freeforum/read.php?5,74483,backpage=,sv=" rel="nofollow">You MAY be using AVG contrary to the license!?</a>(taken from alt.comp.freeware, posted as "AVG Free tells me I may be running it illegally?") May these links from Grisoft’s forums enlighten thou:
[forum.grisoft.cz]
[forum.grisoft.cz]

(taken from alt.comp.freeware, posted as “AVG Free tells me I may be running it illegally?”)

]]> By: Ryanhttp://cybernetnews.com/are-you-running-the-free-avg-antivirus-illegally/#comment-10555 Ryan Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:34:07 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/08/17/are-you-running-the-free-avg-antivirus-illegally/#comment-10555 <div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-10483">The Slasher wrote:</a><blockquote>The writer is being pretty harsh to AVG! Talk about complaining - the damn thing is FREE and you're saying Avast is looking good!?!!?!?</blockquote></div> I'm not saying that AVG is a bad antivirus I am just saying that avast! Home is very comparable and does not restrict the user to one computer at home. avast! Home is also FREE so that is why it is looking good. Much like AVG they have a professional version that you can pay for in order to get more features.<div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-10483">The Slasher wrote:</a><blockquote>How, on a network, are there going to be more than one PC with the same IP? huh? They have a licence key they track.</blockquote></div> Well, they are going to track the IP and the license key. If you have more than one license key coming from the same IP then they know that you are running more than one version.-Ryan The Slasher wrote:
The writer is being pretty harsh to AVG! Talk about complaining – the damn thing is FREE and you’re saying Avast is looking good!?!!?!?

I’m not saying that AVG is a bad antivirus I am just saying that avast! Home is very comparable and does not restrict the user to one computer at home. avast! Home is also FREE so that is why it is looking good. Much like AVG they have a professional version that you can pay for in order to get more features.

The Slasher wrote:
How, on a network, are there going to be more than one PC with the same IP? huh? They have a licence key they track.

Well, they are going to track the IP and the license key. If you have more than one license key coming from the same IP then they know that you are running more than one version.

-Ryan

]]> By: pdedeckerhttp://cybernetnews.com/are-you-running-the-free-avg-antivirus-illegally/#comment-10501 pdedecker Fri, 18 Aug 2006 06:21:14 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/08/17/are-you-running-the-free-avg-antivirus-illegally/#comment-10501 The people at the <a href="http://www.coolnessroundup.com/" rel="nofollow">Coolness Roundup</a> say that you shouldn't use any virus scanner at all, because it lets 80% of the viruses slip through.Why? Because they didn't have the chance to make a new virus definition after a new virus outbreak.They also say that you should use your brain. No virus can activate itself without something you did (opening an attachment) or didn't (patches) do.Of course, this is not my opinion, but I wanted to share it because they have some interesting arguments.Additional reading: <a href="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/top/popular-antivirus-apps-dont-work-80-of-the-time-191823.php" rel="nofollow">Gizmodo</a> <a href="http://m.podshow.com/media/245/episodes/19415/coolnessroundup-19415-08-05-2006.mp3" rel="nofollow">Download MP3</a> (of the show where they talk about antivirus) The people at the [coolnessroundup.com] say that you shouldn’t use any virus scanner at all, because it lets 80% of the viruses slip through.

Why? Because they didn’t have the chance to make a new virus definition after a new virus outbreak.

They also say that you should use your brain. No virus can activate itself without something you did (opening an attachment) or didn’t (patches) do.

Of course, this is not my opinion, but I wanted to share it because they have some interesting arguments.

Additional reading:
[gizmodo.com]
[m.podshow.com] (of the show where they talk about antivirus)

]]> By: pdedeckerhttp://cybernetnews.com/are-you-running-the-free-avg-antivirus-illegally/#comment-10494 pdedecker Fri, 18 Aug 2006 06:08:39 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/08/17/are-you-running-the-free-avg-antivirus-illegally/#comment-10494 <div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-10406">Anne wrote:</a><blockquote>I have used avast! for a while, and switched to AVG because avast! slowed my computer down.</blockquote></div> I've been using avast! Home for a year now already and on my PC, it doesn't. At least, not much.What's more interesting is that I'm using a s***ty Intel Celeron D PC, and it still works fine without slowing down or crashing Windows.Anyhow, sometimes, a virus scanner HAS to slow down your PC to do his job well. avast! Home comes with a P2P Shield, a Web Shield, a Mail Shield, a regular scanner, an IM Shield, and so on.With all these engines running, it's no wonder that your PC becomes a bit slower. I don't think that AVG offers all those shield... :) Anne wrote:
I have used avast! for a while, and switched to AVG because avast! slowed my computer down.

I’ve been using avast! Home for a year now already and on my PC, it doesn’t. At least, not much.

What’s more interesting is that I’m using a s***ty Intel Celeron D PC, and it still works fine without slowing down or crashing Windows.

Anyhow, sometimes, a virus scanner HAS to slow down your PC to do his job well. avast! Home comes with a P2P Shield, a Web Shield, a Mail Shield, a regular scanner, an IM Shield, and so on.

With all these engines running, it’s no wonder that your PC becomes a bit slower. I don’t think that AVG offers all those shield… :)

]]> By: The Slasherhttp://cybernetnews.com/are-you-running-the-free-avg-antivirus-illegally/#comment-10483 The Slasher Fri, 18 Aug 2006 05:06:03 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/08/17/are-you-running-the-free-avg-antivirus-illegally/#comment-10483 The writer is being pretty harsh to AVG! Talk about complaining - the damn thing is FREE and you're saying Avast is looking good!?!!?!? AVG/Grisoft have every right to stop that kind of thing. They offer a home Free version and paid network versions. If people are using the Free one on Networks then they should pay for it. Oh, and why would they track IP's? Like, How, on a network, are there going to be more than one PC with the same IP? huh? They have a licence key they track. The writer is being pretty harsh to AVG! Talk about complaining – the damn thing is FREE and you’re saying Avast is looking good!?!!?!? AVG/Grisoft have every right to stop that kind of thing. They offer a home Free version and paid network versions. If people are using the Free one on Networks then they should pay for it. Oh, and why would they track IP’s? Like, How, on a network, are there going to be more than one PC with the same IP? huh? They have a licence key they track.

]]> By: Ajay D'Souzahttp://cybernetnews.com/are-you-running-the-free-avg-antivirus-illegally/#comment-10482 Ajay D'Souza Fri, 18 Aug 2006 05:02:45 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/08/17/are-you-running-the-free-avg-antivirus-illegally/#comment-10482 My main reason choosing AVG besides it being free was because of the low CPU resources it uses. I have a good computer, but I like the save the resources for bigger apps.Will give AVAST a shot. My main reason choosing AVG besides it being free was because of the low CPU resources it uses. I have a good computer, but I like the save the resources for bigger apps.

Will give AVAST a shot.

]]> By: Ryanhttp://cybernetnews.com/are-you-running-the-free-avg-antivirus-illegally/#comment-10441 Ryan Fri, 18 Aug 2006 00:19:13 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/08/17/are-you-running-the-free-avg-antivirus-illegally/#comment-10441 I have never actually used AntiVir so I'm not sure how it would compare to the other two. I was reading through the <a href="http://www.download.com/AntiVir-Personal-Edition/3640-2239_4-10543945.html?tag=lst-0-1" rel="nofollow">user comments</a> on CNet about it and several people have said that it uses less memory.-Ryan I have never actually used AntiVir so I’m not sure how it would compare to the other two. I was reading through the [download.com] on CNet about it and several people have said that it uses less memory.

-Ryan

]]> By: Dhttp://cybernetnews.com/are-you-running-the-free-avg-antivirus-illegally/#comment-10436 D Fri, 18 Aug 2006 00:10:52 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/08/17/are-you-running-the-free-avg-antivirus-illegally/#comment-10436 How's AntiVir Personal in comparison to AVG and Avast in terms of comparison and memory usage?? How’s AntiVir Personal in comparison to AVG and Avast in terms of comparison and memory usage??

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