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Re: AVG anti-virus



On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:06:11 +0200
steef <steefvanduin@zonnet.nl> wrote:

> Ron Johnson wrote:
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> > On 10/17/06 03:21, steef wrote:
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> >> hi list,
> >>
> >> AVG (www.grisoft.com) has a in their opinion 'free'
> >anti-virusprogram > AVG. does debian (i.c. sarge and or etch)
> >really need such a program? > and, what is free? i cannot find
> >their source-code on their webpage. >
> >> your comments on this topic are highly appreciated,
> >>     
> >
> > Is this for a mail server that many Windows PCs attach to, or is
> > this only for your workstation?
> >
> >
> > - --
> > Ron Johnson, Jr.
> > Jefferson LA  USA
> >
> > Is "common sense" really valid?
> > For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
> > whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
> > are mud people.
> > However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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> >   
> ..i am maintainer of two (inter)national maillists for farmers,
> here in  europe..
> 
> steef
> 

I think that the question is still valid.  Why AVG, which requires a
lot of work to install and keep current, instead of Clam-AV, which
can be installed and kept current using aptitude/apt-get?

-- 
Raquel
============================================================
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else.  Well, you don't.  You only have the right to choose how *you*
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Put the accountability for another's actions where it belongs, on
the other person's shoulders.
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