>huck wrote:
>> AVG will not be free the first of the New year
>
>Really? I suppose it was too good to last <sigh>.
>
>I don't object to buying software but I do think that there is a need for
>free antivirus software. So many folk I know have never updated the
>antivirus package that came with their machines and the chances of them
>*paying* yearly for the updates is next to zilch. Of course it wouldn't
>matter if it didn't affect all the rest of us.
>
>I'd happily pay a reasonable up-front fee for an anti-virus program as long
>as the udates fees were reasonable. Some companies don't make it very clear
>as to how much updates are going to cast after the first year.
>
>Tim
When free IPE changed to Etrust, I accepted their original discount
offer for registered users of IPE, which was only good for 30 days.
Here's the data on my latest annual renewal:
_________________________________
Your Order Summary is as follows.
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Date: 05/17/2003
Email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Item: eTrust EZ Antivirus Renewal
Quantity: 1
Price: $9.95
Sub total: $9.95
Tax: $0.92
-----------------------
Total: $10.87
_____________________________________
I don't think you can beat the price on ET's annual renewal fee,
if you are thinking of 'buying' an AV. First time registration is
cheaper than most also, but not the $10 I paid.
I expect free Avast to disappear soon too, but until then, it works
great on my Win98SE. Avast and F-Prot for DOS are my 'free' backup AVs.
On dialup, it's small, fast updates for Avast, large, slow updates for
F-Prot. Watch for a special discount for 'early' registration on AVG or
Avast. You might catch a good deal too.
BoB
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