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Subject: Sounds good - will try it, thanks (NT)

Author: Michael Fuhrmann

Date: 15:09:39 09/12/00

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On September 12, 2000 at 15:33:56, Pete Galati wrote:

>On September 12, 2000 at 04:39:03, Peter Berger wrote:
>
>>On September 11, 2000 at 21:45:47, Michael Fuhrmann wrote:
>>
>>>I'm shopping for virus software -- probaby either macafee or norton -- and was
>>>wondering if anyone using these products ever noticed a negative effect on the
>>>performance of chess engines. I've noticed other utility-type software can
>>>degrade the efficiency of a chess engine by running in the background.
>>
>>Before you spend much money for an antivirus software have a look at
>>
>>http://antivirus.cai.com/
>>
>>It has very good ratings and is free including free virus signature updates .
>>One of the top downloads for me .
>>
>>Oh , to not be completely off-topic : when playing with chessprogram it will do
>>nothing so no performance problems , it will only wake up if you download
>>something .
>
>That's the anti virus software that I use too.  My last isp had a link to them.
>Once in a while if it's been too long since you've upgraded you Inoculate
>software, you get a reminder when booting up your computer I think it was.  I
>think this is a good company, and it seems soemwhat ideal for people using Chess
>programs because it doesn't eat up your computer's resources, you can update it
>regularly, _and_, it's free.
>
>Pete



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