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rooban Posts: 193 Forumite

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22 August 2006 at 9:50AM in Techie Stuff

In My humble opinion! Sorry if anyone had already posted this.

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rooban Posts: 193 Forumite

22 August 2006 at 9:51AM

Sorry Antivirus is Avast Home Edition

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woo Posts: 1,226 Forumite

22 August 2006 at 9:54AM

this is probably the place to post this.. http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=36497

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Browntoa Posts: 49,591 Forumite

22 August 2006 at 9:58AM

mmmm, has been covered elsewhere in depth as you say

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http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=25780

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rooban Posts: 193 Forumite

22 August 2006 at 10:10AM

Thankls and duly noted!

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