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title: Does any Anti-virus software not shaft the customer?
date: 2006-03-09T01:02:08Z
modified: 2006-03-09T01:02:08Z
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timestamp: 2006-03-09T01:02:08Z
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I need some help. My AV trial on this machine is running out, and CA is hassling me to sign up and pay.



What I really dislike about AV software is



1. clashes between Windows and AV

2. the way AV software vendors try and pork you by forcing you to buy a CD-ROM, to go alongside your software subscription. Look folks it is a service, or a packaged app. I am not paying for both.



So does anyone know of solid anti-virus software that just does what it says on the tin, doesn’t try and make me install a bunch of software I don’t want, and doesn’t force me to buy a CD copy.



I don’t mind paying for value at all. I just don’t want to pay for a bunch of stuff I don’t want. So can anyone save me from antivirus [integrated aggravation](http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/archives/000660.html)?