Posted by KenK on September 28, 2011, 12:29 pm
I have 2011 Kaspersky. Tried to renew it (runs out in a little over a week)
but it seems to be impossible to get the physical product upgrade. Tried
on-line and by phone. I use dial-up so a DLable product takes much too long
with my unreliable connection. Haven't seen 2012 in stores here. Guess I'm
going to have to buy another product. I don't like Norton - too hard to
remove - and have had back luck with Trend Micro. Any other suggestions?
TIA
Ken
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"Experience is something you don't get until
just after you need it." Steven Wright
Posted by KenK on September 28, 2011, 1:16 pm
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>>I have 2011 Kaspersky. Tried to renew it (runs out in a little over a
>>week) but it seems to be impossible to get the physical product
>>upgrade. Tried on-line and by phone. I use dial-up so a DLable product
>>takes much too long with my unreliable connection. Haven't seen 2012
>>in stores here. Guess I'm going to have to buy another product. I
>>don't like Norton - too hard to remove - and have had back luck with
>>Trend Micro. Any other suggestions?
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>Ken
> O/S? Although, it has been seven years since I needed it, free
> software
> exists that will re-establish broken download connections so that
> unattended downloads on dial-up are practical, if time consuming. From
> version three, upwards, Firefox can resume broken downloads but I do
> not know whether it can induce your dialer to re-establish a broken
> connection. Also, many web servers do not support download resumption
> after a broken connection. Your question regarding malware/virus
> protection might be better put in alt.comp.freeware. A number of free
> alternatives perform on a level comparable to the Kaspersy product.
> More choices exist for Linux and Windows users than for Mac users, but
> what's new? Among them are Avast, Avira, Superantispyware,
> Malwarebytes. My personal choices are Avast and Malwarebytes because
> both continue to perform well in my obsolete O/S. I do not know
> whether any of the free products is distributed on CD but their
> respective web sites should have that information. In a pinch, you
> might be able to get someone with broadband to download them and put
> them on a USB flash drive.
Sorry - I forgot. I'm using Windows XP Home.
Ken
--
"Experience is something you don't get until
just after you need it." Steven Wright
Posted by Annie Woughman on September 28, 2011, 7:14 pm
> I have 2011 Kaspersky. Tried to renew it (runs out in a little over a
> week)
> but it seems to be impossible to get the physical product upgrade. Tried
> on-line and by phone. I use dial-up so a DLable product takes much too
> long
> with my unreliable connection. Haven't seen 2012 in stores here. Guess I'm
> going to have to buy another product. I don't like Norton - too hard to
> remove - and have had back luck with Trend Micro. Any other suggestions?
> TIA
> Ken
We have been using Microsoft Security Essentials for our computers and it
works great and it is free:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security_essentials/default.aspx
We used to use AVG (also free) but it started becoming a system hog.
I
Posted by The Real Bev on September 28, 2011, 11:14 pm
On 09/28/2011 04:14 PM, Annie Woughman wrote:
>> I have 2011 Kaspersky. Tried to renew it (runs out in a little over
>> a week) but it seems to be impossible to get the physical product
>> upgrade. Tried on-line and by phone. I use dial-up so a DLable
>> product takes much too long with my unreliable connection. Haven't
>> seen 2012 in stores here. Guess I'm going to have to buy another
>> product. I don't like Norton - too hard to remove - and have had
>> back luck with Trend Micro. Any other suggestions?
>>
> We have been using Microsoft Security Essentials for our computers
> and it works great and it is free:
> http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security_essentials/default.aspx
> We used to use AVG (also free) but it started becoming a system
> hog.
Can you set it to just scan downloaded files that might be questionable?
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Cheers, Bev
"A friend is someone who puts the needs of others above their own.
Find one of those people and take advantage of him." --Rat
Posted by Mac Cool on September 30, 2011, 3:06 am
KenK:
> impossible to get the physical product upgrade
Newegg.com has it for $39.99
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>>I have 2011 Kaspersky. Tried to renew it (runs out in a little over a
>>week) but it seems to be impossible to get the physical product
>>upgrade. Tried on-line and by phone. I use dial-up so a DLable product
>>takes much too long with my unreliable connection. Haven't seen 2012
>>in stores here. Guess I'm going to have to buy another product. I
>>don't like Norton - too hard to remove - and have had back luck with
>>Trend Micro. Any other suggestions?
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>Ken
> O/S? Although, it has been seven years since I needed it, free
> software
> exists that will re-establish broken download connections so that
> unattended downloads on dial-up are practical, if time consuming. From
> version three, upwards, Firefox can resume broken downloads but I do
> not know whether it can induce your dialer to re-establish a broken
> connection. Also, many web servers do not support download resumption
> after a broken connection. Your question regarding malware/virus
> protection might be better put in alt.comp.freeware. A number of free
> alternatives perform on a level comparable to the Kaspersy product.
> More choices exist for Linux and Windows users than for Mac users, but
> what's new? Among them are Avast, Avira, Superantispyware,
> Malwarebytes. My personal choices are Avast and Malwarebytes because
> both continue to perform well in my obsolete O/S. I do not know
> whether any of the free products is distributed on CD but their
> respective web sites should have that information. In a pinch, you
> might be able to get someone with broadband to download them and put
> them on a USB flash drive.