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        <title><![CDATA[Will it blend?]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-262591-2494220]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Are you sure you provided the right link?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[tashfeenmahmud@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 11:02:44 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Simple problem]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[like all commercial product they often try to sell you the &quot;PAID&quot; product before you get to the free version.Tell her to uninstall her trial &quot;paid&quot; version and get the free product.http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10320142.html?part=dl-AVGAntiVir&amp;subj=dl&amp;tag=button]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[ComputerCookie]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 04:14:15 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[free vs paid]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[If you go to the GRISoft site you will download a trial version of AVG. This version is not updatable, and will ask you to pay for the full version.You need to go to http://www.willitblend.com/ to download the free version of AVG. I use both the free version of AVG at home and CA's suite of products which you normally have to pay for, but my ISP provides for free. I have also used McAfee at work. Occasionally I will also use TrendMicro's free system scan via the web.I have found that AVG performs every bit as good as the paid for products. I prefer to intall it and forget it. But if you like to tweak your settings every once and awhile, than you might be happier with a paid version. The paid versions also seem to get solutions to new problems a bit quicker. But AVG usually catches up after a day. Keep in mind also that the free version of AVG is free only for home use. If you use it in a business environment then you are in violation of the license agreement.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jdmercha]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 18:02:27 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I use AVG free at home. It's never stopped me from  updating]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I get requests to look at the full version, but I what I get with free seems to do the job.As a user on the recieving end of Norton and Mcaffee, the only time I mention performance is if I put p1ss and poor before the word.I'm wondering if this person downloaded AVG Free, or a free trial version of AVG, there is a difference.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony Hopkinson]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 14:19:05 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Re: Bump]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Thanks! I'm surprised that no-one's really interested...]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[tashfeenmahmud@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 14:01:07 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Bump]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Just bumping this back up the chart.  I didn't want it to fall off the bottom.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[CharlieSpencer_Palmetto]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 06:13:51 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Are paid versions of free antivirus software worth the bucks?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I recently replied to a user on a Google group about AVG antivirus; the software is asking her to buy the paid version, and she can't even update her virus definitions.I've been through a lot of antivirus experience myself. I write a blog about antiviruses (http://avscan.blogspot.com), and from my experience free antivirus software don't perform as well as the big names. So, are their paid versions any better? I would very much like to get a definitive public opinion (if there ever is such a thing!) on this.(By the way, I discouraged the lady using AVG to upgrade because AVG hasn't worked out for me.)---tashfeenhttp://techqi.blogspot.comhttp://avscan.blogspot.com]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 19:49:38 -0700</pubDate>
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