Is Free Software Worth Anything? November 14, 2008
Posted by mycto in Business Productivity, operating systems, software.Tags: Avast, avg, free software, piriform
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I am seeing an increasing trend in computer suppliers loading, or offering to load the systems they are selling with free versions of software. This includes dual-booting the machine with a version of Ubuntu or including AVG anti-virus, or Avast (my personal favorite).
Taking things a further step are companies like Piriform. This UK-based firm offers a good system tuner / registry fixer, a defragmenter, and a recovery program all for free. They only ask that, if you like it–feel free to donate using PayPal. Their motto is: The best software is free!
Which Anti-virus Software do you use? September 23, 2008
Posted by mycto in Antivirus, Business Productivity, Infrastructure, Security.Tags: Antivirus, Avast, McAfee, Norton
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Most business owners assume that the computers that they have paid for come with anti-virus software installed. After all, why wouldn’t they? Some computers do, but most come with a trial version which stops working after 60 or 90 days. Then, strange things start to happen. Sally in accounting begins to have extended outages with her computer. Bob in marketing can’t figure out why his computer won’t start up. The computers now have viruses and the costs of lost productivity begin to climb sky high.
I have worked with all the main brands–Norton, McAffee, etc., but I have found that these programs use a lot of resources on the computer and are overly complicated. Unless you have a dedicated IT team to manage this process for you, I have found that Avast’s product line is leaner and meaner and works without interupting your work. Plus, Avast has a great home version which is free and just as good as the commercial product. Check out the product line at the link:
