AOL has introduced free antivirus software that is likely to become the highest-profile alternative to security software you pay for. Active Virus Shield offers basic protection against viruses, spyware and other malicious software, AOL said in a statement Monday. The product is available to all Internet users, not just to subscribers to AOL's Internet access service. "Antivirus protection is too important to make people have to pay for it," an AOL representative told CNET News.com in an e-mail interview. "We want to make sure that everyone is protected from viruses and spyware, and we believe that making Active Virus Shield available for free will help make the Internet a safer place for all." The protective tool is being delivered in partnership with Kaspersky Lab, a well-respected Russian antivirus software maker. Active Virus Shield is not the only free antivirus product available, but it is likely to become the highest-profile alternative to for-pay products from vendors such as Symantec, McAfee and Microsoft. Other no-cost antivirus options are Grisoft's AVG Anti-Virus, Alwil Software's Avast, and ClamWin, which is based on the open-source Clam AntiVirus engine. Full Article [link=http://news.com.com/AOL+offers+free+antivirus+software/2100-7355_3-6102917.html]CNET News[/link] ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Lets see how much capable this software is....
AOL is really doing the for free stuff. I hear they'll be offer 5GB of webspace...but, this is also the company that just "happened" to let slip a 2GB file of users activities for the past 90 days. AOL should be avoided just for their crap customer support. Despite what you may think about, say, Microsoft, they actually seem to care about their customers...AOL's piss-poor record is finally catching up to them and they're getting desparate.
I am feeling like crying after watching everybody's love towards AOL..... lol They have to show something trustful in order to get their customers back...
lol, ages ago i got mcaffe antivirus off of them, free trial, the paying £2 a month, went onto mcafee antivirus site to cancel it, canceled it about 50 times, still paying for it now, i dunno if AOL is behind that or Mcafee, but anyway mcafee is crap, it wont work properly, and i seen it not working properly on other comps too, its crap, aol is pure crap, but i like how the aol 9 software looks, only use it for the radio, and i have to keep it coz my dad thinks we pay for the AOL 9 software lol.
See how much AOL loves his customers.....but you know [link=http://www.playfuls.com/news_03892_Google_Will_Avoid_the_Mistake_AOL_Did_Eric_Schmidt.html]Google Will Avoid the Mistake AOL Did[/link]...
