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AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition

Version: 7.5.484

Inadequite and over rated.

Pros: I do give "Grisoft" credit for trying. They release a new number (supposedly new version) often. I'm giving it three stars because it's the best thing I know of that makes me money. I do a little computer repair work for neighbors, my sons friends and friends of theirs, mostly high school teen agers who use laptops for school work and their families. I work on an average of two or three a week that have had this application installed on it. Once I get the computers (mostly laptops) going again, if I can, I install a different free anti virus application. Those are usually people I never have to do repeat work for again. I must say, that I'm proud of the download.com editors for no longer giving this software hyped up, misleading five star reviews. Way to go download.com. Point is that it still misses some of the most common, older viruses and trojans there are. It does not clean all it does detect. If you take the time to do some research on this application you will notice that it's not found at any reputable anti virus comparison wen sites. Ever wonder why?

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Posted: 17-Aug-2007 01:32:29 PM

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Spy Emergency 2007

Version: 4.0.315

Excellent job with this update. 4.5 stars is my rating.

Pros: "Netgate" has done a great job with this update. This application now has a data base of 926,369 items on install, where the last version of the same software was about 144,000. The previous version looked the same but it was heavy and slow. They fixed that to. It has an excellent, user friendly GUI, six skins to choose from, fast scans, scheduled scans, auto updating, good detection, removal and no false positives. I love the improvements in this release and now think it's a good choice in this type application. I've always supported this company. I thought it was over with the first release of the 2007 but again, they proved that they are capable of producing a great product. My hats off to "Netgate" for an excellent release.

Cons: I'm not sure about the active protection yet. Only time will tell but so far I have no cons to offer.

Posted: 14-Aug-2007 10:31:46 AM

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Revo Uninstaller

Version: 1.33

An excellent free application! 4.5 stars is my rating!

Pros: This free utility has all the features found in paid software uninstall programs plus some extra features. Like the paid applications, it shows all installed programs with an icon in it's user friendly GUI. It does a good job at cleaning up all files, folders and registry keys left behind by the uninstalled program. It's hunter mode and options like deleting from auto start are excellent features. This program gives the user a chance to look and make sure about shared registry keys (prior to cleaning) that could damage other programs. The auto start manager and junk file cleaner are nice extras not normally found in this type utility. It's compatible with "XP" and "Vista" and the price can't be beat.

Cons: Not a con but a reminder to double check any shared registry keys prior to clean up. If there are any doubts, leave it.

Posted: 03-Sep-2007 09:41:19 PM

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Yahoo Toolbar

Version: 7.0.5

This toolbar is customizable.

Pros: I use both versions of "Yahoo Toolbar" (with and without anti-spy) and have had no problems with either. This one with "Internet Explorer" and the anti-spy version with "Firefox". I set it up with only the buttons I use, Sports, Mail, Weather, News, Maps, Notepad and "My Yahoo". It doesn't slow my browsers opening or paging at all and it doesn't add itself to your auto start menu like "Google" does. It gives me easy access to the things I use most. Unlike some others, I had no trouble installing or setting it up and, it's not identified as a potentially unwanted program by my security software like some other toolbars are.

Cons: I have no real cons to offer.

Posted: 31-Aug-2007 05:00:01 AM

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Absolute Uninstaller

Version: 2.4

This is a very good, free application.

Pros: This application is far better then windows uninstaller. It has a clean, user friendly GUI. It populates the installed applications in a list with a little icon (similar to windows"). It does a good (not perfect, but none do) job at removing the left over files and causes no damage to your systems registry like one paid uninstaller that I know of. It's free and associated with "Glary Utilities", which is an application I like a lot. It runs fine on both "XP" and "Vista".

Cons: I have no cons to offer. Companies who provide free software should learn a lesson from "Glary Soft".

Posted: 24-Aug-2007 06:04:40 AM

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AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition

Inadequite and over rated.

Spy Emergency 2007

Excellent job with this update. 4.5 stars is my rating.

Revo Uninstaller

An excellent free application! 4.5 stars is my rating!

Yahoo Toolbar

This toolbar is customizable.

Absolute Uninstaller

This is a very good, free application.

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