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| User | Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff Poll: How often do you update your antivirus software (even if not required)? |
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Alexander Kondorsky 
Russian Federation
Local time: 02:24
 Member (2011)
English to Russian
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| | This is done automatically | Jan 26 |
I think all modern antivirus programs do not need user interference to stay updated
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María Eugenia Wachtendorff
Chile
Local time: 18:24
English to Spanish
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| | Other - Same as Neilmac | Jan 26 |
Automatic update, sometimes more than twice a day
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F Scott Ophof
Belize
Local time: 16:24
Member (2011)
Dutch to English
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| | Paranoia is good--especially in computers | Jan 27 |
Interlangue wrote:
My new computer technician calls the former paranoid about security and will see to it (at the end of this week) that the system is safe using a different technique.
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I sincerely hope you can still get your former technician back.
That said, I do _not_ use web-mail but Outlook set to plain-text in and out (I refuse to accept/use HTML or rich text), MS Security Essentials, and Redirect Remover in the Firefox web-browser.
I'm paranoid enough to prefer safety to pretty pictures & text.
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Roy Williams
Austria
Local time: 00:24
Member (2011)
German to English
| | Several times a day | Jan 27 |
My AV software also updates automatically, somtimes several times a day. It's very quick and doesn't affect my work. A window pops up and tells me that an update has been performed and how many files were added/updated.
No fuss, no muss!
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
France
Local time: 00:24
French to English
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Simon Bruni wrote:
Why would anyone have the slightest interest in how often another person's software updates?
Mine updates itself every day. |
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Mine updates itself as and when, pretty much permanantly.
I too wonder why this might be of interest to anyone...
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Stanislaw Czech
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:24
 Member (2006)
English to Polish
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As all major antivirus programs update themselves automatically.
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Stanislaw Czech
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:24
Member (2006)
English to Polish
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| | Because it matters | Jan 27 |
Simon Bruni wrote:
Why would anyone have the slightest interest in how often another person's software updates?
Mine updates itself every day. |
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Protecting computers is very important to freelancers and just like it is important to know how others solve other important problems it is also useful to know about computer security.
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Filipa Plant dos Santos
Portugal
Local time: 23:24
Member (2011)
Portuguese to English
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Stanislaw Czech wrote:
Simon Bruni wrote:
Why would anyone have the slightest interest in how often another person's software updates?
Mine updates itself every day. |
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Protecting computers is very important to freelancers and just like it is important to know how others solve other important problems it is also useful to know about computer security. |
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Yes, I agree with Stanislaw. I like these polls because you can learn about how other people do things - especially important I feel for people like us freelancers, who often (mostly?) work alone!!!!
This has reminded me to deal with downloading the free version of AVG anti-virus software, which is what the 'computer guy' at my husband's company uses on his computers, and recommends.
Cheerio!
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Interlangue
Belgium
Local time: 00:24
English to French
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All computers here are now protected by Avast with automatic update...
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Melanie Nassar
Palestine
Local time: 00:24
German to English
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I have been using a Mac since 2005 (iBook and new Mac mini desktop) and have never had a virus.
To be fair, I only once had a virus issue with my Windows desktop, despite outdated anti-virus software and I use the Internet non-stop all day, so maybe I am just lucky.
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