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  • Estar
    Reserves
    • Apr 2003
    • 674

    #1

    Favorite piece of Free Software

    AVG Anti-Virus Software.


    Has saved me a load of money and got me out of a few tight spots.

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    Any condescension detected in this post is fully unintentional and is solely the perception of the reader. If I think you're an idiot, I'll tell you that. You won't need to intuit it.
  • A face
    Capped Player
    • Jun 2001
    • 15373

    #2
    ......................................

    Apparantly ... most of the Anti-Virus providers add in code/viruses into their software so that you'll have to get an upgrade of the software to rid yourself of the new viruses.

    It is just a ploy to get you to pay for an upgrade.

    But then again ... i could be wrong and most companies wouldn't dream of trying to generate repeat business for themselves that way.
    The SFAI are the governing body for grassroots football in Ireland, not the FAI. Its success or the lack of is all down to them.

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    • Estar
      Reserves
      • Apr 2003
      • 674

      #3
      Re: ......................................

      Originally posted by A face
      Apparantly ... most of the Anti-Virus providers add in code/viruses into their software so that you'll have to get an upgrade of the software to rid yourself of the new viruses.

      It is just a ploy to get you to pay for an upgrade.

      I wouldn't be astonished if it was true. Haven't had any problems with this software yet.

      I'm saving all the viruses I get onto a disk, it's a new hobbie of mine. I've got quite a collection.
      Any condescension detected in this post is fully unintentional and is solely the perception of the reader. If I think you're an idiot, I'll tell you that. You won't need to intuit it.

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      • A face
        Capped Player
        • Jun 2001
        • 15373

        #4
        Re: Re: ......................................

        Originally posted by Estar
        I'm saving all the viruses I get onto a disk

        The idea is to get rid of them ... not save them !!

        Shareware sites ....

        most popular is www.tucows.com
        The SFAI are the governing body for grassroots football in Ireland, not the FAI. Its success or the lack of is all down to them.

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        • yur man
          Reserves
          • Mar 2003
          • 451

          #5
          [And there was me thinking everyone would be intelligent enough to realise that warez was a no-no. Duh. --adam]
          Last edited by dahamsta; 09/02/2004, 8:52 AM.
          Followin Our Own Teams In Eire

          theres no cure for the League of Ireland bug. spread it :)

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          • Estar
            Reserves
            • Apr 2003
            • 674

            #6
            Originally posted by yur man
            [And there was me thinking everyone would be intelligent enough to realise that warez was a no-no. Duh. --adam]
            Another Pirate of the Caribbean!

            What's Bill's number in Ireland again (only joking I'm not a great fan of his either) he offers a bounty
            Any condescension detected in this post is fully unintentional and is solely the perception of the reader. If I think you're an idiot, I'll tell you that. You won't need to intuit it.

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            • yur man
              Reserves
              • Mar 2003
              • 451

              #7
              what i do
              Followin Our Own Teams In Eire

              theres no cure for the League of Ireland bug. spread it :)

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              • gustavo
                Mack Daddy
                • Jun 2001
                • 7695

                #8
                i dont know where i'd be without winamp

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                • tetsujin1979
                  Coach
                  • Nov 2003
                  • 23730

                  #9
                  Opera internet browser is a god send - way faster at loading pages than internet explorer and you can block pop-ups!

                  The new Firebird browser from Mozilla looks decent too.
                  All goals, yellow and red cards tweeted in real time on mastodon, BlueSky and facebook

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                  • Jim Smith
                    Reserves
                    • Jun 2001
                    • 422

                    #10
                    The WebCrawler toolbar is a nifty piece of software - I find it produces more and better results than google once you get used to it.

                    If your looking for free stuff that's a bit unusual try:

                    A site for people who think. Intellectual resources, programming, astronomy, science, mathematics, Java/JavaScript applets, programming instruction, home of Arachnophilia.


                    I particularly liked the idea of 'careware'

                    The CareWare Idea — a description of the CareWare philosophy and transaction.
                    don't worry, they couldn't hit an elephant at this dis......

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                    • John83
                      Coach
                      • Feb 2003
                      • 9082

                      #11
                      Originally posted by tetsujin1979
                      Opera internet browser is a god send - way faster at loading pages than internet explorer and you can block pop-ups!

                      The new Firebird browser from Mozilla looks decent too.
                      Definately my favourite. I use it at home. The tabbed browsing is very hadny.
                      You can't spell failure without FAI

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                      • UCD_4_Life
                        Reserves
                        • Nov 2002
                        • 793

                        #12
                        WinZip is as good as.

                        After that Winamp is handier than Windows Media, Kazaa Lite is great and Ad Aware ha done me a lot of favours.
                        And stay out of Bumtown, ya no talent bum.

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                        • Plastic Paddy
                          First Team
                          • Jun 2003
                          • 2345

                          #13
                          Leaving out WinZip, my choice of superb freebies in no particular order:

                          1. AdAware - rooting out spyware.
                          2. AVG - anti-virus program.
                          3. SoulSeek - the best P2P network of the lot.
                          4. Mailwasher - amazing for bouncing unwanted emails before downloading to PC.
                          5. ZoneAlarm - very effective firewall.

                          PP
                          Semper in faecibus sole profundum variat

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                          • Jim Smith
                            Reserves
                            • Jun 2001
                            • 422

                            #14
                            Win Zip

                            How many people actually paid for WIn Zip? I did - years ago. At the time there were no CD's and zip drives were very rare so it was something that was needed to make spanning floppies much easier so I felt I should do the right thing. It cost next to nothing.

                            A good free statistics package is:

                            PAST http://folk.uio.no/ohammer/past/

                            OK, its slanted a bit towards palaeontology and all the case studies are palaeontological but anyone needing to use it can adapt or 'evolve' the case studies.
                            don't worry, they couldn't hit an elephant at this dis......

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                            • Footie_Fan
                              Reserves
                              • Aug 2003
                              • 269

                              #15
                              Kazaa for my mp3 needs.

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