AOL has quietly stopped offering its free Active Virus Shield software in favor of a competing alternative from vendor McAfee. The free anti-virus software, based on technology from Kaspersky Lab, had been available for the past year on AOL's Activevirusshield.com Web site, but it apparently was pulled some time in the past week.
AOL's free AV product is now McAfee VirusScan Plus, which was introduced last month as part of a new AOL portal, called AOL Internet Security Central. AOL also offers Internet filtering software for parents, as well as identity theft protection and pop-up blockers, through the portal.
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News source: InfoWorld
AOL's free AV product is now McAfee VirusScan Plus, which was introduced last month as part of a new AOL portal, called AOL Internet Security Central. AOL also offers Internet filtering software for parents, as well as identity theft protection and pop-up blockers, through the portal.
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AOL dropped what was supposedly a good product by a good company.
In its place, they now have a questionable product from a company that has preyed on the ignorant and that is hated by many (much like AOL itself).
I know there is a lot of AOL-hate, but this change will only bring more unless someone can explain the reasoning behind this switch.
Exactly.
Oh wait.....
AOL -1 point.
Shut up you ignorant nerd. How the hell can you call someone stupid for choosing a certain ISP over another. For all you know someone else set it up for them.
Not everyone can be a super computer genius like you man.
I'm got 'em, I'm happy with 'em. Got a problem?
Shut up you ignorant nerd. How the hell can you call someone stupid for choosing a certain ISP over another. For all you know someone else set it up for them.
Not everyone can be a super computer genius like you man.
Name calling is not the best way to prove a point. I've been on this site for over a year now, and I'll tell ya Croquant is not ignorant. Sometimes our opinions differ, but in this case, I do agree that if you're going to use AOL as an ISP, you get what you're asking for. Even my friends with little or no computer knowledge don't use AOL because they hear what people are saying about them (AOL). Just my two cents.
Shut up you ignorant nerd. How the hell can you call someone stupid for choosing a certain ISP over another. For all you know someone else set it up for them.
Not everyone can be a super computer genius like you man.
Name calling is not the best way to prove a point. I've been on this site for over a year now, and I'll tell ya Croquant is not ignorant. Sometimes our opinions differ, but in this case, I do agree that if you're going to use AOL as an ISP, you get what you're asking for. Even my friends with little or no computer knowledge don't use AOL because they hear what people are saying about them (AOL). Just my two cents.
In this case name calling couldn't be more appropriate.
Why?
Obviously this is a move by AOL to make more money (the same way most ISPs are offering that trash for free now).
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