JTM1051
MVM
join:2000-07-08
Moorpark, CA
|  reply to godprince
Re: SBC Yahoo Online Protection
Important notice about your SBC Yahoo! DSL account.
Please upgrade anti-virus software.
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Dear SBC Yahoo! DSL Customer,
We are writing to tell you about some changes in the way SBC Yahoo! DSL provides security protection for your PC, particularly your anti-virus service.
Currently, you receive PC anti-virus protection (a Premium Service Choice that you selected when you signed up for SBC Yahoo! DSL) using Computer Associates(R) eTrust(TM) Antivirus software.
Effective immediately, SBC Yahoo! DSL includes SBC Yahoo! Online Protection, a new, free, all-in-one security software suite. It comes with PC anti-virus, plus anti-spyware, pop-up blocking,parental controls, and spam protection. An easy-to-use dashboard brings all of these online protection tools together in one convenient place. This free upgrade is an exclusive benefit for SBC Yahoo! DSL members.
Now that PC anti-virus is included as a free element of the SBC Yahoo! Online Protection security suite, the current version of Computer Associates(R) eTrust(TM) Antivirus software offered through SBC Yahoo! DSL is being discontinued. As a result, you must upgrade to SBC Yahoo! Online Protection by July 17, 2005, in order to maintain ongoing anti-virus protection and customer support. (Bold added by me)
I for one do not consider the SBC Yahoo! Online Protection an "upgrade" or "convenient". Only "convenient" for those who do not know any better. Too bad SBC does not have the foresight to offer its users a choice of SBC Yahoo! Online Protection or eTrust Antivirus -- instead of a one size fits all mentality.
For info on the SBC Yahoo! Online Protection see the Tutorials.
Per the tutorials the Anti-Virus based on eTrust EZ Antivirus and Anti-Spyware based on eTrust PestPatrol.
All the screen shots in the tutorials are shown using the SBC Yahoo! Browser.
So I'm now looking for a new AV. eTrust EZ Antivirus is basically a good AV and have been using it since it was free from SBC Yahoo!.
But there's no way I would pay $29.95 eTrust EZ Antivirus for two reasons:
* eTrust support is very poor.
* For a little more money ($4 - $10) there are much better AVs available e.g., AVG, Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal, NOD32, etc. |
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bobup
@pacbell.n
| I have just "added" this package to my son's PC....you can choose which features you want loaded, I chose not to include the anti-virus ( I use McAfee)...what I really needed was better parental controls. This has turned out to be a good direction for me. Sure, it loads SBC/Yahoo's own browser...looks and works just fine.
As for my parental controls...easy to setup and works very well indeed.
bob |
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JTM1051
MVM
join:2000-07-08
Moorpark, CA
| said by bobup:
....you can choose which features you want loaded, ... Sure, it loads SBC/Yahoo's own browser... Wee bit of a contradiction eh?
Well I glad you're happy with it.
I don't want the SBC Yahoo! Browser or any SBC Yahoo!/Yahoo! software on my system. Nor do I use Internet Explorer.
Been there, done that before knowing better. Installing ISP's software to "enhance" your internet and browsing experience. Except when you need/want to switch to a different ISP and try to uninstall/remove the software and changes made to your system. |
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tonydi
Premium,MVM
join:2001-05-11
San Jose, CA
| said by JTM1051  :Installing ISP's software to "enhance" your internet and browsing experience. Except when you need/want to switch to a different ISP and try to uninstall/remove the software and changes made to your system. As crappy as the SBC-Yahoo software bundle is, I've got to say that at least it uninstalls cleanly. Still, I don't recommend that anyone install it in the first place.  |
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hskrfan23
join:2004-03-18
West Sacramento, CA | reply to bobup
go to sbc.yahoo.com/protection..it doesnt load sbc yahoo browser or anything but the online protection |
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madquest
Premium
join:2001-03-16
Hayward, CA | reply to JTM1051
Go to add/remove software. Remove all SBC Applications. restart computer. Go to Http://sbc.software.yahoo.com to try and download the suite again. |
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garyvand
join:2002-07-24
Napa, CA
| reply to JTM1051
said by JTM1051 :So I'm now looking for a new AV. eTrust EZ Antivirus is basically a good AV and have been using it since it was free from SBC Yahoo!. But there's no way I would pay $29.95 eTrust EZ Antivirus eTrust EZ Antivirus is available for free to anyone for 12 months:
»my-etrust.com/microsoft |
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elvey
Spamassassin
join:2001-02-17
San Francisco, CA | The anti-spy is just rebranded Pest Patrol (a good product!). What are the other things?
BTW, did I not post the above info to this thread before? It looks like my post has gone missing. |
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