Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP files - corrupted by generic virus?

[Steve Kinney <admin pilobilus net>]

On 07/07/2016 10:19 AM, Joao S. O. Bueno wrote:

> > I would recommend uninstalling AVG and replacing it with Avast, as a
> > first step in troubleshooting "generic" virus reports from AVG.
> > Needless to say, download programs only from the websites of their
> > original makers, etc. etc.
>
> It looks like Avast is replacing AVG with Avast:
> http://venturebeat.com/2016/07/07/avast-acquires-rival-avg-for-1-3-billion-to-create-a-security-software-giant/

I seem to recall something about AVG getting bought & sold a couple of
times during the process of its deterioration.  Last I heard Avast was
still working tolerably well.  I also hear good things about Kaspersky,
but have never seen it in action.

It's been a couple of years since I messed with any of the above, and
then, only when cleaning out other people's machines.  The problems all
of the above attempt to control are unique to Microsoft products, and I
ran out of practical uses for those a decade or so ago.

:o)