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Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software?

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On 2017-02-27, Fred Moore <fmoore@gfcn.huh> wrote:
> On 2/26/17 8:48 a, Ken Springer wrote:
>> On 2/25/17 1:13 PM, Fred Moore wrote:
>>> I had what I presume is a similar AV offer from my ISP, Time-Warner (now
>>> Spectrum), except the software was Avast. This software is truly free.
>>> However, the rub is that on the very first launch and by the way they
>>> structure their prefs dialogs, Avast badgers you to subscribe to its
>>> personal or business versions of Avast Online Security, Avast Passwords,
>>> Avast SecureLine VPN, and on and on because "Oh my Good, we're all gonna
>>> die if we don't pay for Avast's AV products!!!". That's where they hope
>>> to cash in on the free teaser software.
>>
>> I don't know about the Mac version, but in the settings for the Windows
>> version, there is an option to turn on Silent Gaming Mode, and most if
>> not all of the badgering will stop.  AFAIK, all the free versions of AV
>> software will do this to you.
>>
>> I use Avira on my systems, consistently scores higher at AV-Comparatives
>> and Virus Bulletin.  And I get the badgering, but only on boot up.
>> Mostly on the Windows systems, though.
>
> I couldn't find Silent Gaming Mode on my Mac Avast. At least it doesn't 
> have any dancing popups, but it does open with a window with a big red X 
> in a circle and 'You Are Not Protected!' since I haven't bought their 
> services and have turned off auto-update.
>
> My much bigger gripe is that it seems to preventing sleep because of its 
> update daemon, even though it's turned off. At least that's the 
> conclusion I reached from reading the Console logs, though I'm an 
> amateur at that. I may uninstall it to see if it fixes this. If so, I'll 
> look into Avira.

Mac anti-virus software is notorious for being among the worst designed
and worst behaving software available for macOS. Why anyone bothers
running such shitty software today is beyond me. 

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Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Fred Moore <fmoore@gfcn.huh> - 2017-02-25 15:13 -0500
  Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net> - 2017-02-25 18:33 -0500
  Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Don Bruder <Don@sonic.net> - 2017-02-25 18:04 -0800
    Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Fred Moore <fmoore@gfcn.huh> - 2017-02-27 12:16 -0500
  Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2017-02-26 06:48 -0700
    Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Fred Moore <fmoore@gfcn.huh> - 2017-02-27 12:25 -0500
      Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-27 12:28 -0500
      Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-02-27 18:26 +0000
        Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-27 16:40 -0500
      Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2017-02-27 11:50 -0700
        Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Fred Moore <fmoore@gfcn.huh> - 2017-03-01 11:28 -0500
          Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2017-03-01 10:53 -0700
            Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-01 13:24 -0500
              Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2017-03-01 15:50 -0700
            Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2017-03-02 20:42 +0000
              Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2017-03-03 09:30 -0700
      Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-02-28 10:37 +0000
        Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Fred Moore <fmoore@gfcn.huh> - 2017-03-01 11:35 -0500
          Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-01 18:53 +0000
            Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Fred Moore <fmoore@gfcn.huh> - 2017-03-03 14:23 -0500
              Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-03 19:41 +0000
              Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-03 20:55 +0000
              Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-03 21:04 +0000
                Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-03 21:49 +0000
                Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Fred Moore <fmoore@gfcn.huh> - 2017-03-03 23:25 -0500
                Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-04 06:24 +0000
                Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Fred Moore <fmoore@gfcn.huh> - 2017-03-04 16:02 -0500
                Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-04 22:26 +0000
                Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Fred Moore <fmoore@gfcn.huh> - 2017-03-06 15:03 -0500
                Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-06 20:52 +0000
                Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-05 01:07 +0000
                Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-04 08:08 +0000

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