From: cory@right.here.com

On Sat, 27 Oct 2018 12:41:12 -0500, "Ernie B."
<ernie-baresch@neb.rr.com> wrote:

>On Sat, 27 Oct 2018 09:25:33 -0500, cory@right.here.com wrote:
>
>> 
>> Any XP users have a suggestion about a freebie AV that works with XP?
>
>Avast!  <https://www.avast.com/en-us/free-antivirus-do...

Avast owns AVG.  It's probably as big a pain in the butt as is AVG.
Avast is also too nosey. It insisted on too much personal info before
it would activate.  I did not like the privacy section in the
multi-mulit pages of their security and privacy statements.  I think
they want to load tons of your doing's into their cloud.

I now find that AVG's uninstall proggie won't uninstall AVG.  It's
maddening how these bums take over one's computer.  I cannot get rid
of AVG even at the command line.  I now have to use my Acronis True
Image to reload a previous backup of XP.  That's going to take eleven
hours.  I've seven more hours to go.

Ridiculous is what these AV programs have become.  It used to be so
simple to install/uninstall their software.  On top of that they now
want to screw around with one's "Web Safety" and a bunch of other
stuff.  All I would like is an anti virus, not  an intrusive pain in
the butt which is constantly finding something or other wrong that
isn't wrong.  
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