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Cheap, but no help if it goes wrong.

Advantages: Cheap.
Disadvantages: No customer support.

I happily used the free version of this software for about a year with no problems after being recommended it by my sister. Earlier this year the free version was withdrawn and replaced by 'E-Trust EZ Antivirus' which costs $19.95 initially, with a $9.95 annual fee thereafter. I purchased this and downloaded it from the company's website and it worked absolutely fine. However, then they send me an e-mail informing me of a free upgrade to version ...
...the facility to set it up to automatically download the virus signature updates at regular intervals so you don't forget to do it. Sounds good doesn't it? That's what I thought, so I merrily downloaded the updated version, following the instructions given on their e-mail. All seemed to be well until the automatic downloads started. Each time it tried to download the signature update it failed. I have spent hours browsing the 'help' pages on their ...

A.M.Richards 21.10.2002 · Read full review
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Review of Inoculan AntiVirus Client 4.1 Complete package

eTrust but doesnt provide much trust

Advantages: Good Database of virus
Disadvantages: Nightmare to remove, pestering

eTrust promises a lot but remains hugely unpopular this is more to do with it annoying interface and poppu like menu that are more in line with spyware software rather than security product. Another disadvantage is that eTrust is a nightmare if user decides they dont like it and want to use other AntiVirus software with at best not letting them install (even though you might have uninstalled eTrust) because it embbedds itself onto registry and its ...
...not something more sinister. If you try to install McAcfee you would need to remove its registry keys which is a big no no is you a novice user. If Norton is installed on the other hand it just tends to freeze (it does that with McAcfee also if you dont uninstall). The only way then to remove it is by disabling services on msconfig while on safe mode and then going back to windows to uninstall it. It wont uninstall in safe mode (unlike other software) ...

Nick_Endeavour 22.08.2006 · Read full review
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Review of ETrust Antivirus 7.1 Complete package

Clipper - the last DOS compiler

Advantages: Fast, powerful, does the job. extendable
Disadvantages: It isn't Windows

I have used various versions of Clipper for about 15 years, I have been using 5.3 for about 9 years. Clipper is the most famous of the XBASE family, others are FoxPro, DBase, Visual Objects and Alaska XBase++. XBASE means the language follows a certain style and has built in database handling. Clipper is easy to extend copmpared to the other DOS Xbase systems, you can add routines written in MSC8 or assembler. The database engines (RDD) can be ...
...original Clipper authors) take on the DBF structure, the nearest to an inustry standard is DBFCDX which is FoxPro 2.6 compliant (this is Foxs contribution to XBASE), there are also Client Server RDDs such as Advantage Database Server. The language is weakly typed and PCODE compiles, it can be very command driven or written in a more functional manner, there are add on Class libraries available. The compiled objects, are linked together with any ...

MartinImber 06.04.2004 · Read full review
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Review of CA-Clipper 5.3 Complete package

Simplifies Accounting

Advantages: simplifies accounting for my small business
Disadvantages: unfriendly customer support, not entirely simple

My experiences with Simply Accounting software have been mixed. My husband owns a pool hall, and we use Simply Accounting as our bookkeeping software before asking an accountant to do the figures "properly" at the end of each business year. It's simple enough to use for its everyday purposes. I can enter invoices from suppliers, and easily pull up old orders and payments for easy reference. Every time an invoice is entered, the software tracks how ...
...come up dry. Where Simply Accounting lost my loyalty for real is when they stopped providing payroll updates for software that was three years old or more. We had perfectly good software, then we had to buy their upgrade for several hundred dollars just so that we could stay current with payroll. I understand that they can't guarantee that their software will be current forever, but when it was just three years old and they wouldn't even give us ...

robinwhybrow 31.10.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Simply Accounting 9.0 Complete package

antivirus

Advantages: this would be good for all users on the web
Disadvantages: the name for the product. needs somethink that would stand out more

fewer system resources as compared to other antivirus programs. It adjusts well with Microsoft Windows 2000 Thus both on demands & real time scanning is fast. It's easy to install & very friendly to use. It opens quickly unlike others standard antivirus softwares. i have one that i have had bad virus but its ok now i have eztrust and it is good with windows xp has real time email protection. I have not yet used all other antivirus programs , mcafee, ...
...Antivirus seems to be the best for me.Windows 2000 and i love. but Windows XP with Service pack2. It's real time protection iam not that good for internet viruses. but I tested this antivirus and can say i love it . scanning stopped 25 viruses and my system is totally. 100 % back up and running .removed all viruses & my system became as new as before. it help with some problems like. hacking problems. Service pack 2 is hack proof system. i use free ...

runman789 10.02.2006 · Read full review
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Review of ETrust EZ Armor 3.1 Complete package