AOL discontinues Active Virus Shield
A year ago AOL started offering Active Virus Shield, a free anti-virus package based on Kaspersky antivirus. The company has now stopped distributing this software.
AOL has not abandoned its antivirus initiative, but merely switched suppliers. Their security page now offers a special edition of McAfee's VirusScan Plus, free of charge. [No thanks]
Read the article HERE.
This is indeed very bad news. Using the Kaspersky engine, it was by far the best FREE service available. It seems that we must now go back to number two - Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic is by far the best of the rest.
AOL has not abandoned its antivirus initiative, but merely switched suppliers. Their security page now offers a special edition of McAfee's VirusScan Plus, free of charge. [No thanks]
Read the article HERE.
This is indeed very bad news. Using the Kaspersky engine, it was by far the best FREE service available. It seems that we must now go back to number two - Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic is by far the best of the rest.
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