XPost: alt.comp.freeware, comp.os.ms-windows.misc   
   From: Bub@ba   
      
   On Sat, 05 Apr 2014, technomaNge  wrote:   
      
   >On 04/04/2014 09:36 PM, Steve Hayes wrote:   
   >>   
   >> askSam, Inmagic, Family History System,   
   >>   
   >> Bear in mind that the Linux replacement needs to be able to import all   
   >> existing data.   
   >>   
   >> But this post was not about replacing one OS by another, but the danger that   
   >> users of Windows Security Essentials  who do not disable it and use another   
   AV   
   >> program may find that they are getting updates from crackers.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >I'm declaring this to off-topic since I failed to follow the subject.   
   >   
   >But for the record, askSam and Inmagic have been reported to work   
   >in Linux using Wine.   
   >   
   >Without further knowledge of the OP's programs, I can't make any   
   >recommendations for Linux equivalents.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >technomaNge   
      
   I do appreciate yours and everyone else's replies and suggestions.   
   I really am too old and lazy to learn another OS, and I know there   
   are many freeware alternatives to the old standby M$ programs, some   
   of which will run under Linux.  Omnimix, for example, will not.   
      
   At this point, I'll take the wait and see approach.  I've backed up   
   the user files on the XP box, and I've installed Firefox 28.0, the   
   latest hosts update, completely disabled and uninstalled Java, and   
   apart from that I don't know what else to bother with.  I'm going to   
   wait until after April 8th to see if MSE is getting reports of being   
   hacked or having other problems.  Switching to another AV/AM may not   
   be worth the trouble.  I'd just as soon get a newer W7 PC.   
      
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