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AVG anti-virus: 10/12/08
Avast: 10/11/08
Norton anti-virus: 10/08/08
McAfee anti-virus: 10/08/08
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 10/09/08
Spybot Search and Destroy: 10/08/08
Microsoft Windows Defender: 10/08/08
Nod32: 10/10/08

Updates as of October 12.  2008 6:00am CDT.
Win a free copy of Norton Internet Security 2009. It is a 3 license copy of [...]

I was contacted by Noah Edwardsen of Symantec Corp., who has provided me with a free copy of Norton Internet Security 2009, to be given away to any reader of The Blade. This is a download copy, so a broadband connection is highly recommended. Mr. Edwardsen also stated that this would be a 3 license [...]

Make sure your system is up to date and has the latest protections in place.

AVG anti-virus: 10/05/08
Avast: 10/04/08
Norton anti-virus: 10/01/08
McAfee anti-virus: 10/01/08
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 10/02/08
Spybot Search and Destroy: 10/01/08
Microsoft Windows Defender: 10/01/08
Nod32: 10/03/08

Updates as of October 5.  2008 6:00am CDT.
Stay tuned this week for your chance to win a free copy of Norton Internet Security [...]

Make sure your system is up to date and has the latest protections in place.

AVG anti-virus: 09/28/08
Avast: 09/27/08
Norton anti-virus: 09/24/08
McAfee anti-virus: 09/24/08
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 09/26/08
Spybot Search and Destroy: 09/24/08
Microsoft Windows Defender: 09/24/08
Nod32: 09/26/08

Updates as of September 28,  2008 6:00am CDT.

Make sure your system is up to date and has the latest protections in place.

AVG anti-virus: 09/22/08
Avast: 09/21/08
Norton anti-virus: 09/17/08
McAfee anti-virus: 09/17/08
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 09/18/08
Spybot Search and Destroy: 09/17/08
Microsoft Windows Defender: 09/10/08
Nod32: 09/19/08

Updates as of September 22,  2008 6:00am CDT.

Make sure your system is up to date and has the latest protections in place.

AVG anti-virus: 09/14/08
Avast: 09/12/08
Norton anti-virus: 09/10/08
McAfee anti-virus: 09/10/08
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 09/11/08
Spybot Search and Destroy: 09/10/08
Microsoft Windows Defender: 09/10/08
Nod32: 09/12/08

Updates as of September 14, 2008 6:00am CDT.

Make sure your system is up to date and has the latest protections in place.

AVG anti-virus: 09/07/08
Avast: 09/06/08
Norton anti-virus: 09/03/08
McAfee anti-virus: 09/03/08
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 09/04/08
Spybot Search and Destroy: 09/03/08
Microsoft Windows Defender: 09/03/08
Nod32: 09/06/08

Updates as of September 07, 2008 6:00am CDT.

Make sure your system is up to date and has the latest protections in place.

AVG anti-virus: 08/31/08
Avast: 08/30/08
Norton anti-virus: 08/27/08
McAfee anti-virus: 08/27/08
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 08/26/08
Spybot Search and Destroy: 08/27/08
Microsoft Windows Defender: 08/27/08
Nod32: 08/29/08

Updates as of August 31, 2008 6:00am CDT.

Make sure your system is up to date and has the latest protections in place.

AVG anti-virus: 08/24/08
Avast: 08/22/08
Norton anti-virus: 08/20/08
McAfee anti-virus: 08/20/08
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 08/22/08
Spybot Search and Destroy: 08/20/08
Microsoft Windows Defender: 08/20/08
Nod32: 08/23/08

Updates as of August 24, 2008 6:00am CDT.

Make sure your system is up to date and has the latest protections in place.

AVG anti-virus: 08/17/08
Avast: 08/15/08
Norton anti-virus: 08/13/08
McAfee anti-virus: 08/13/08
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 08/14/08
Spybot Search and Destroy: 08/13/08
Microsoft Windows Defender: 08/13/08
Nod32: 08/15/08

Updates as of August 17, 2008 6:00am CDT.

Make sure your system is up to date and has the latest protections in place.

AVG anti-virus: 08/10/08
Avast: 08/09/08
Norton anti-virus: 08/06/08
McAfee anti-virus: 08/06/08
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 08/06/08
Spybot Search and Destroy: 08/06/08
Microsoft Windows Defender: 08/06/08
Nod32: 08/07/08

Updates as of August 10, 2008 6:00am CDT.

Make sure your system is up to date and has the latest protections in place.

AVG anti-virus: 08/03/08
Avast: 08/03/08
Norton anti-virus: 07/30/08
McAfee anti-virus: 07/30/08
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 07/31/08
Spybot Search and Destroy: 07/30/08
Microsoft Windows Defender: 07/30/08
Nod32: 07/28/08

Updates as of August 3, 2008 6:00am CDT.
Attention AVG 8 users. You can remove the annoying notification area message. Check out my article [...]

First let me say that I have not personally used any Symantec products since late 2003. But I have seen previous versions of Symantec products such as Norton anti-virus or Norton Internet Security products and have been less than impressed. In fact I have advised clients to uninstall trial ware of Norton on new systems, [...]

Make sure your system is up to date and has the latest protections in place.

AVG anti-virus: 07/27/08
Avast: 07/26/08
Norton anti-virus: 07/23/08
McAfee anti-virus: 07/23/08
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 07/24/08
Spybot Search and Destroy: 07/23/08
Microsoft Windows Defender: 07/23/08
Nod32: 07/25/08

Updates as of July 27, 2008 6:00am CDT.

About a week ago or so, I download Norton’s 2009 Beta software for a look see. The download file is about 48.9 MB in size. The process to install the beta requires a valid email address, since a product ID number is sent to activate the software. The installation of the software is very quick. [...]

Make sure your system is up to date and has the latest protections in place.

AVG anti-virus: 07/20/08
Avast: 07/19/08
Norton anti-virus: 07/16/08
McAfee anti-virus: 07/16/08
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 07/17/08
Spybot Search and Destroy: 07/16/08
Microsoft Windows Defender: 07/16/08
Nod32: 07/15/08

Updates as of July 20, 2008 6:00am CDT.

I received the following comment from Noah Edwardsen of Symantec about their new beta software:
Hi Ron,
The 2009 Norton Antivirus and Norton Internet Security betas are live and ready!
http://www.symantec.com/norton-beta/
I’ll send you a link to the press release as soon as it hits the wire and would love to answer any questions you might have.
Feel free to [...]

Make sure your system is up to date and has the latest protections in place.

AVG anti-virus: 07/13/08
Avast: 07/13/08
Norton anti-virus: 07/09/08
McAfee anti-virus: 07/09/08
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 07/11/08
Spybot Search and Destroy: 07/09/08
Microsoft Windows Defender: 07/09/08
Nod32: 07/11/08

Updates as of July 13, 2008 6:00am CDT.

Make sure your system is up to date and has the latest protections in place.

AVG anti-virus: 07/06/08
Avast: 07/04/08
Norton anti-virus: 07/02/08
McAfee anti-virus: 07/02/08
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 07/03/08
Spybot Search and Destroy: 07/02/08
Microsoft Windows Defender: 07/02/08
Nod32: 07/03/08

Updates as of July 06, 2008 6:00am CDT.
Please Note: AVG has a new update for version 8 available for download.  Get it here.

Make sure your system is up to date and has the latest protections in place.

AVG anti-virus: 06/29/08
Norton anti-virus: 06/25/08
McAfee anti-virus: 06/25/08
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 06/26/08
Spybot Search and Destroy: 06/25/08
Microsoft Windows Defender: 06/25/08
Nod32: 06/27/08

Updates as of June 29, 2008 6:00am CDT.