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| From | "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | aus.computers |
| Subject | Re: Windows Defender |
| Date | 2015-08-28 13:38 +1000 |
| Message-ID | <d4a3dqFtfb2U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <mrfa0i$7it$1@speranza.aioe.org> <d4177tFn5avU1@mid.individual.net> <d46sscF5e5nU3@mid.individual.net> <d499vhFnqtqU1@mid.individual.net> <d49mrrFqqvaU1@mid.individual.net> |
"felix_unger" <me@nothere.biz> wrote in message news:d49mrrFqqvaU1@mid.individual.net... > On 28-August-2015 6:24 AM, Rod Speed wrote: >> >> >> "felix_unger" <me@nothere.biz> wrote in message >> news:d46sscF5e5nU3@mid.individual.net... >>> On 25/08/2015 4:48 AM, Rod Speed wrote: >>>> >>>> Max <max@val.morgan> wrote >>>>> Is Windows Defender (formerly Microsoft Security Essentials) an >>>>> adequate security solution for Windows? >>>> >>>> Yep. >>> >>> better than AVG? >> >> Not as good IMO. >> >> The main problem with AVG is that its not great >> to recommend to other people because it fucks >> them around by installing the trail version even >> if you tell it to install the free one > > no > >> and only when >> you tell it to uninstall that does it offer to install >> the free one. Arseholes. > It's also getting very intrusive with popups, and continually asking to > upgrade from the free version, etc., I don’t find that. I might get that once a month or so and it doesn’t actually ask you to upgrade, just tells you what its found virus wise and offers the upgrade. > with no way to turn that off afaik; at least there's no setting to turn > off notifications on the mobile version. Can't say I have ever seen that on the mobile version. What mobile platform are you seeing that with ? > (haven't checked with the dektop version tho) but with my phone I can stop > it from sending notifications with system settings for apps. True.
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