PCMag no fan of Ewido/AVG Anti-Spyware

[Ron Lopshire]

From the "Things I learned looking for Other Things" department.

The Worst Products of Q3 2006
(http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2023085,00.asp)

Number 8 - Ewido Anti-Spyware 4.0 (now AVG AS)
(http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1993995,00.asp)

Ron

[Bunge]

Ron Lopshire <notron@ovbl.org> wrote:
> From the "Things I learned looking for Other Things" department.
>
> The Worst Products of Q3 2006
> (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2023085,00.asp)
>
> Number 8 - Ewido Anti-Spyware 4.0 (now AVG AS)
> (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1993995,00.asp)
>
> Ron

So is it saying AVG has watered the original Ewido prog down then? I'm
still using Ewido ver: 4.0.0.172, it's still updating def' files, one
came down the pipes not 5 minutes ago. How long it will continue, don't
know but I'll hang on to it for now whatever.

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Bunge" <bunge@myob.it>


|
| So is it saying AVG has watered the original Ewido prog down then? I'm
| still using Ewido ver: 4.0.0.172, it's still updating def' files, one
| came down the pipes not 5 minutes ago. How long it will continue, don't
| know but I'll hang on to it for now whatever.

Ignore PCMag.

The software hasn't really changed. Only the text shown to the user to reflect the merger
of Grisoft and Ewido.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm

[Bunge]

David H. Lipman <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:
> From: "Bunge" <bunge@myob.it>
>
>> So is it saying AVG has watered the original Ewido prog down then?
>> I'm still using Ewido ver: 4.0.0.172, it's still updating def'
>> files, one came down the pipes not 5 minutes ago. How long it will
>> continue, don't know but I'll hang on to it for now whatever.
>
> Ignore PCMag.
>
> The software hasn't really changed. Only the text shown to the user
> to reflect the merger of Grisoft and Ewido.

I see, thanks for that David.

[Ron Lopshire]

David H. Lipman wrote:

> From: "Bunge" <bunge@myob.it>
>
> | So is it saying AVG has watered the original Ewido prog down then? I'm
> | still using Ewido ver: 4.0.0.172, it's still updating def' files, one
> | came down the pipes not 5 minutes ago. How long it will continue, don't
> | know but I'll hang on to it for now whatever.
>
> Ignore PCMag.
>
> The software hasn't really changed. Only the text shown to the user to reflect the merger
> of Grisoft and Ewido.

Dave,

Would you please address Neil J. Rubenking's points about why he
thinks that Ewido/AVG AS is inferior to other AS solutions? I usually
pay little attention to these online advertiser supported magazines,
but unlike most, he at least provided technical reasons as to why he
thinks that Ewido AS is inferior to the others.

That said, one of the worst 10 product releases of Q3 2006? I find
that _very_ difficult to believe. That itself leads me to believe that
there may be more here than meets the eye. Like an agenda.

Ron

[jeremy]

"Ron Lopshire" <notron@ovbl.org> wrote in message
news:egg9og022h9@enews4.newsguy.com...
> David H. Lipman wrote:
>
>> From: "Bunge" <bunge@myob.it>
>>
>> | So is it saying AVG has watered the original Ewido prog down then? I'm
>> | still using Ewido ver: 4.0.0.172, it's still updating def' files, one
>> | came down the pipes not 5 minutes ago. How long it will continue,
>> don't
>> | know but I'll hang on to it for now whatever.
>>
>> Ignore PCMag.
>>
>> The software hasn't really changed. Only the text shown to the user to
>> reflect the merger
>> of Grisoft and Ewido.
>
> Dave,
>
> Would you please address Neil J. Rubenking's points about why he thinks
> that Ewido/AVG AS is inferior to other AS solutions? I usually pay little
> attention to these online advertiser supported magazines, but unlike most,
> he at least provided technical reasons as to why he thinks that Ewido AS
> is inferior to the others.
>
> That said, one of the worst 10 product releases of Q3 2006? I find that
> _very_ difficult to believe. That itself leads me to believe that there
> may be more here than meets the eye. Like an agenda.
>
> Ron

Like, perhaps, that AVG offers FREE editions of its products? Not much
potential advertising revenue in that, compared to Symantec and McAfee?

AVG Antivirus bailed me out of a mess that McAfee had let pass, and I have
been a grateful user for three years. My experience with AVG has been only
positive one. I've had no virus infections since I installed it on my
computer, 36 months ago.

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Ron Lopshire" <notron@ovbl.org>


|
| Dave,
|
| Would you please address Neil J. Rubenking's points about why he
| thinks that Ewido/AVG AS is inferior to other AS solutions? I usually
| pay little attention to these online advertiser supported magazines,
| but unlike most, he at least provided technical reasons as to why he
| thinks that Ewido AS is inferior to the others.
|
| That said, one of the worst 10 product releases of Q3 2006? I find
| that _very_ difficult to believe. That itself leads me to believe that
| there may be more here than meets the eye. Like an agenda.
|
| Ron

Ron:

In May 1988 I had an article published in PC Magazine. I liked it in those days.
However, over the years they have become biased to their advertisers. Too often I noticed
they would have a multi-paged article on someproduct line or another and comapre various
vendors solutions. Often intertwined in those pages were advertisements for one or two of
the products in that article. They are clearly biased to their paid advertisers.

Can I conclude they may have an agenda set ? yes.

All I care about is that they paid me for my article, the checked cleared and it was during
the days when they were more ethical.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm

[Ron Lopshire]

David H. Lipman wrote:
> From: "Ron Lopshire" <notron@ovbl.org>
>
> | Dave,
> |
> | Would you please address Neil J. Rubenking's points about why he
> | thinks that Ewido/AVG AS is inferior to other AS solutions? I usually
> | pay little attention to these online advertiser supported magazines,
> | but unlike most, he at least provided technical reasons as to why he
> | thinks that Ewido AS is inferior to the others.
> |
> | That said, one of the worst 10 product releases of Q3 2006? I find
> | that _very_ difficult to believe. That itself leads me to believe that
> | there may be more here than meets the eye. Like an agenda.
>
> In May 1988 I had an article published in PC Magazine. I liked it in those days.
> However, over the years they have become biased to their advertisers. Too often I noticed
> they would have a multi-paged article on someproduct line or another and comapre various
> vendors solutions. Often intertwined in those pages were advertisements for one or two of
> the products in that article. They are clearly biased to their paid advertisers.
>
> Can I conclude they may have an agenda set ? yes.
>
> All I care about is that they paid me for my article, the checked cleared and it was during
> the days when they were more ethical.

Thanks, Dave. Just the info for which I was looking.

Ron