[gui-talk] Accessible Alternative to MSE

[Rose Combs]

I have a question also.  I have a secure firewall, how important is it to
have all the bells and whistles MSE may not offer?  I have tried other
programs over the past several years, was once until about 2002 a fan of
Norton, not just the virus but many other features the program offered,
obviously that is far from my choice now.  I have tried a lot of them and
one work for me as easily as MSE, usually something somewhere is not
accessible and usually it has to do with settings or set up or cleaning up
any virus found, things we all need at least occasional access to for
whatever reason.  

I am not really looking forward to trying every package available only to
fine that some part of it won't be usable, especially if I am paying for it.


I'd love to have the time to experiment and come up with a solution but I
have a full time job and an ill family member to consider, so I will be
eagerly awaiting a solution, for now I am leaving it alone.  

I feel safe enough today and yes, I do know that can change in a heartbeat.



Rose Combs
rosecombs at Q.com


-----Original Message-----
From: gui-talk [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gerald Levy
Sent: Friday, October 11, 2013 5:22 AM
To: gui-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: [gui-talk] Accessible Alternative to MSE


Recently, Microsoft created an uproar when it admitted that Microsoft
Security Essentials was not up to snuff and recommended that users switch to
a third-party anti-virus program for better protection against malware
threats.  But feedback on other lists suggests that none of the other free
anti-virus programs -AVG, Avast or Avira-is especially screen reader
friendly, and in their most recent versions, they are apparently
inaccessible and thus unusable altogether.  And some of the paid anti-virus
programs aren't much better.  Some of them either have inaccessible
interfaces or else require sighted assistance to uninstall or remove or
require solving an image captcha to complete the purchase process that is
not solvbable with Webvisum.  So has anyone found an anti-virus program,
preferabley free,  that is just as accessible and easy to use as MSE and
that is not a hassle to remove in the event that it doesn't work out?
Thanks.

Gerald 

 
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