Hows everyone holding up?
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Hows everyone holding up?

I ran Norton AV on myself, and I'm feeling much better.

Bob Roberts
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Hi,

Hows everyone holding up?

have had F-Prot the last 20 years and they are going to finish their services mit this year.

No for Windows changed to MALWAREBYTES 4.3. - it works ok and i could not see bad things sofar.

Somebody has experience with it ?

Bregds


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Re: Hey
By: Andreas Meyerhoff to Andy Stump on Sun Mar 07 2021 04:55 pm

No for Windows changed to MALWAREBYTES 4.3. - it works ok and i could not see
bad things sofar.

Somebody has experience with it ?

so far its worked, it found 2 threats on my computer last week.
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Hi, I from Rissia.
skip

No for Windows changed to MALWAREBYTES 4.3. - it works ok and i could not
see bad things sofar.
Somebody has experience with it ?

so far its worked, it found 2 threats on my computer last week.

What is F-PROT antivirus ? because it's new for me, Andy?

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Hi,

What is F-PROT antivirus ? because it's new for me, Andy?

F-Prot is the antivirus software originally from Frisk Software
and it was very good with nearly daily updates .. i used it for
more then 20 xears and unfo they finish their company and research
now ..

So, like many others, she is finished i believe due to small money
involved and too much competiton. We liked it as it was not hindering
and getting slow the PC when being in underground ..

Let's see the new one if it works fine ;)

ciao


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Hi,

What is F-PROT antivirus ? because it's new for me, Andy?

F-Prot is the antivirus software originally from Frisk Software and it was very good with nearly daily updates .. i used it for more then 20 xears and unfo they finish their company and research now ..

So, like many others, she is finished i believe due to small money involved and too much competiton. We liked it as it was not hindering
and getting slow the PC when being in underground ..

Let's see the new one if it works fine ;)

And what Antivirus else?

Ciao, All.

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Denis Mosko wrote to Andreas Meyerhoff <=-

//Hello Andreas, //

*08.01.22* *17:41:29* in area *ANTI_VIRUS*
*Denis Mosko* Theme *"Hey"*.

Hi,

What is F-PROT antivirus ? because it's new for me, Andy?

F-Prot is the antivirus software originally from Frisk Software and it was very good with nearly daily updates .. i used it for more then 20 xears and unfo they finish their company and research now ..

So, like many others, she is finished i believe due to small money involved and too much competiton. We liked it as it was not hindering
and getting slow the PC when being in underground ..

Let's see the new one if it works fine ;)

And what Antivirus else?

Ciao, All.

WOW! Activity in Fido! :)


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//Hello Thumper, //

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Denis Mosko wrote to Andreas Meyerhoff <=-

//Hello Andreas, //

*08.01.22* *17:41:29* in area *ANTI_VIRUS*
*Denis Mosko* Theme *"Hey"*.

Hi,

What is F-PROT antivirus ? because it's new for me, Andy?

F-Prot is the antivirus software originally from Frisk Software and it
was very good with nearly daily updates .. i used it for more then 20
xears and unfo they finish their company and research now ..

So, like many others, she is finished i believe due to small money
involved and too much competiton. We liked it as it was not hindering
and getting slow the PC when being in underground ..

Let's see the new one if it works fine ;)

And what Antivirus else?

Ciao, All.

WOW! Activity in Fido! :)

:)
Is F-PROT free (non-commercial) or commercial program olny?

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Denis Mosko wrote to Thumper <=-

//Hello Thumper, //

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*Denis Mosko* Theme *"Re: Hey"*.

Denis Mosko wrote to Andreas Meyerhoff <=-

//Hello Andreas, //

*08.01.22* *17:41:29* in area *ANTI_VIRUS*
*Denis Mosko* Theme *"Hey"*.

Hi,

What is F-PROT antivirus ? because it's new for me, Andy?

F-Prot is the antivirus software originally from Frisk Software and it
was very good with nearly daily updates .. i used it for more then 20
xears and unfo they finish their company and research now ..

So, like many others, she is finished i believe due to small money
involved and too much competiton. We liked it as it was not hindering
and getting slow the PC when being in underground ..

Let's see the new one if it works fine ;)

And what Antivirus else?

Ciao, All.

WOW! Activity in Fido! :)

:)
Is F-PROT free (non-commercial) or commercial program olny?

Looks to be $29.00 for personal. I don't see a free version only a free
trial.


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Denis,

Is F-PROT free (non-commercial) or commercial program olny?

I think the only "free" anti-virus program is AVG, but the
features are limited. All the other anti-virus programs are
now commercialware.

Daryl

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Hi,

What is F-PROT antivirus ? because it's new for me, Andy?

F-Prot is the antivirus software originally from Frisk Software and it
was very good with nearly daily updates .. i used it for more then 20
xears and unfo they finish their company and research now ..

So, like many others, she is finished i believe due to small money
involved and too much competiton. We liked it as it was not hindering
and getting slow the PC when being in underground ..

Let's see the new one if it works fine ;)

And what Antivirus else?

Ciao, All.

WOW! Activity in Fido! :)

:) Is F-PROT free (non-commercial) or commercial program olny?

Looks to be $29.00 for personal. I don't see a free version only a free trial.

How many days or ulimited days but info only or what, Thumper?


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Denis,

Is F-PROT free (non-commercial) or commercial program olny?

I think the only "free" anti-virus program is AVG, but the features are limited. All the other anti-virus programs are now commercialware.

Daryl, give me URL of AVG for Windows 7x86!

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Denis Mosko wrote to Thumper <=-

Hi,

What is F-PROT antivirus ? because it's new for me, Andy?

F-Prot is the antivirus software originally from Frisk Software and it
was very good with nearly daily updates .. i used it for more then 20
xears and unfo they finish their company and research now ..

So, like many others, she is finished i believe due to small money
involved and too much competiton. We liked it as it was not hindering
and getting slow the PC when being in underground ..

Let's see the new one if it works fine ;)

And what Antivirus else?

Ciao, All.

WOW! Activity in Fido! :)

:) Is F-PROT free (non-commercial) or commercial program olny?

Looks to be $29.00 for personal. I don't see a free version only a free trial.

How many days or ulimited days but info only or what, Thumper?

Hmmmm.... Looks like end of sales and end of life notice. Here's a link:

https://kb.cyren.com/av-support/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/438/0/f-prot-end-of-sales--end-of-live-faq



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Denis,

Daryl, give me URL of AVG for Windows 7x86!

https://avg-antivirus.en.lo4d.com/windows

This works with 32-bit and 64-bit.

Daryl

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On 15 Sep 2021, Daryl Stout said the following...

https://avg-antivirus.en.lo4d.com/windows

This works with 32-bit and 64-bit.

Fun Fact: AVG was purchased by Avast in 2006 & Avast was just purchased by Norton in August 2021.


Jay

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Jay,

Fun Fact: AVG was purchased by Avast in 2006 & Avast was just
purchased by Norton in August 2021.

I've used several anti-virus programs over the years, including AVG,
McAfee, Sophos, F-Prot, CA Internet Security, and now IObit...it has
an anti-malware and anti-ransomware engine, and an additional database
to protect from malware/ransomware. I also use several of their products
on my computers.

Daryl

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CA Internet Security

By firm: Computer Associates
or
which now?
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On 16 Sep 2021, Denis Mosko said the following...

AVG was purchased by Avast in 2006 & Avast was just purchased by Norton
in August 2021.

Firms: Norton Computing is Symantec now?

Symantec was purchased by Broadcom in 2019 who renamed them to NortonLifeLock.


Jay

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Denis,

CA Internet Security

By firm: Computer Associates
or
which now?

I'm not sure...it has been so long since I used it.

I have noted that each of these anti-virus programs are very
"territorial", and they consider "competing anti-virus programs"
as "an active threat" for the database files. However, I've noted
that the virus utility from Sophos works well with these programs.

Daryl

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Hello Thumper!

13 Sep 2021 09:51, Thumper wrote to Denis Mosko:

Let's see the new one if it works fine ;)

And what Antivirus else?
Ciao, All.

WOW! Activity in Fido! :)

where else ? :)


Regards Benny

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Re: Re: Anti-Virus Programs
By: Jay Harris to Daryl Stout on Wed Sep 15 2021 06:31 pm

Avast is now GEN as of last week.

About the time we get to know something, it changes...

On 15 Sep 2021, Daryl Stout said the following...

https://avg-antivirus.en.lo4d.com/windows

This works with 32-bit and 64-bit.

Fun Fact: AVG was purchased by Avast in 2006 & Avast was just purchased by

Jay

... Confound these ancestors They've stolen our best ideas!

Cheers,
Dennis
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Dennis,

Avast is now GEN as of last week.

About the time we get to know something, it changes...

That's why they want to us to spend money we don't have on
items we don't need, and can't afford.

Microsoft Windows is a perfect example. They are ending
support for Windows 10 in October, 2025, and that also kills
support for anything 32-bit or less (they already ended any
support for Windows 8 and below).

I can NOT see discarding perfectly good working hardware and
software, just to satisfy the corporate greed of Microsoft's
bottom line...especially when I'm disabled and on a fixed income.

Most folks will likely not worry about security updates for
Windows 10 after October, 2025...or likely go to Linux.

Daryl

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