If only free could become contagious (no pun intended) and we could all accomplish what we need to with, for example, free bandwidth, free server hardware, free network engineering....free apple macintoshes :-)... Ha-ha, ho-ho, he-he..... --------------- All kidding aside...is "free" the answer to the current insecurity of the Internet? I hope not! :-) Speaking as someone who knows at least a fraction of what's involved in AV/FW research... free is not likely to deliver us any time soon. Free is almost always marketing. But of course, people and their pocketbooks tend to decide how these things go... -BM PS http://us.mcafee.com/root/catalog.asp?catid=free ...neener-neener... :) -----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of McBurnett, Jim Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 9:29 AM To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Anit-Virus help for all of us?????? Thought this is on topic for the group with all the new virii and new problems out there. Would anyone here consider sending this out to all customers? Later, Jim Last week at the Comdex show in Las Vegas, Computer Associates International, Inc. (known to the world as CA) teamed up with Microsoft Corp to provide "qualified" Windows home computer users with a no-charge, one-year subscription to CA's eTrust EZ Armor antivirus and firewall desktop security suite. The move is designed to encourage home users to increase the protection of their Windows systems and CA has stated that the company will aggressively promote the offer as part of Microsoft's "Protect Your PC" campaign. SNIP The EZ Armor software carries a value of $49.95 and the free subscription offer for will be available for download until June 30, 2004 and comes complete with one year of personal firewall and antivirus protection including daily virus signature updates. http://www.it-analysis.com/article.php?articleid=11450