Oops!

S corrects me ... we use free AntiVir and *not* free AVG.  So it's
free AntiVir that my company accepts as acceptable protection.  I know
nuffink about free AVG!

B&S
'87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc'
SoCal

On Jan 9, 2009, at 7:44 PM, B wrote:

> From my work, which is paranoid about garbage getting onto their
> network due to the size of the company, we are given "magic decoder
> rings" which allow us to access our network from home, but only as
> long as we have acceptable protection on our home computers.
>
> To my amazement, they consider free AVG to be acceptable protection.
> We have the free AVG (got sick of McAfee and Norton nickle-n-diming us
> to death).  And each time we start up the computer, we get the AVG
> popup encouraging us to upgrade to the pay version.  But if our 'ever-
> so-protective' IT folks think AVG is acceptable, I'm thinking that it
> must be at least pretty good.
>
> Someone else in this thread mentioned that some pr*n sites put mal-
> ware that's nearly impossible to get rid of.  Sometimes the answer to
> a problematical computer is to save one's data, wipe the disk, and
> reinstall everything from scratch.
>
>
> B&S
> '87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc
> SoCal
>
>
>
> On Jan 9, 2009, at 8:41 AM, Sudhir Desai wrote:
>
>> Were you using AVG before you had the popup infestation?
>> First off, I recommend ditching AVG, and buying an anti-virus
>> program.
>> (Check PC Magazine, or your favorite computer publication to figure
>> out what to buy.)
>> Secondly, in all the browsers currently installed on your computer,
>> delete cookies, and if there is an option to delete all personal
>> information, use it.
>> To prevent pop-ups in the future, use a browser that has a built-in
>> popup blocker (per the suggestion of whomever it was -- Google
>> Chrome,
>> Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer with Google Toolbar installed)
>>
>> But I think the major source of the popups is AVG itself.
>>
>> Just my $.02.
>> cheers,
>> sudhir