Hi all - AVG6

I just have a short question regarding enabling the Use heuristics setting.
I am not sure if this is needed or even necessary. I have been given
information both for and against having the setting enabled.

I would truly appreciate any suggestions or comments regarding this feature
and it's efficiency or necessity.

Best regards,
Jan


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"Jan Il" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi all - AVG6
>
> I just have a short question regarding enabling the Use heuristics
setting.
> I am not sure if this is needed or even necessary. I have been given
> information both for and against having the setting enabled.
>
> I would truly appreciate any suggestions or comments regarding this
feature
> and it's efficiency or necessity.
>

AVG sucks anyway.

--
Joep

"Joep" <j o e p @ d i y d a t a r e c o v e r y . n l> wrote in message
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> "Jan Il" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:KR2Sb.9929$tP1.5488@fed1read07...
> > Hi all - AVG6
> >
> > I just have a short question regarding enabling the Use heuristics
> setting.
> > I am not sure if this is needed or even necessary. I have been given
> > information both for and against having the setting enabled.
> >
> > I would truly appreciate any suggestions or comments regarding this
> feature
> > and it's efficiency or necessity.
> >
>
> AVG sucks anyway.

Thank you for your comment. I appreciate your time and input.

Jan




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I would enable it unless you suffer from a lot of false positives.


"Jan Il" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Joep" <j o e p @ d i y d a t a r e c o v e r y . n l> wrote in message
> news:77ecc$4018dc84$3eddca68$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > "Jan Il" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:KR2Sb.9929$tP1.5488@fed1read07...
> > > Hi all - AVG6
> > >
> > > I just have a short question regarding enabling the Use heuristics
> > setting.
> > > I am not sure if this is needed or even necessary. I have been given
> > > information both for and against having the setting enabled.
> > >
> > > I would truly appreciate any suggestions or comments regarding this
> > feature
> > > and it's efficiency or necessity.
> > >
> >
> > AVG sucks anyway.
>
> Thank you for your comment. I appreciate your time and input.
>
> Jan
>
>
>
>
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Hi JRS,

> I would enable it unless you suffer from a lot of false positives.

<snip>
> > > > Hi all - AVG6
> > > >
> > > > I just have a short question regarding enabling the Use heuristics
> > > setting.
> > > > I am not sure if this is needed or even necessary. I have been given
> > > > information both for and against having the setting enabled.
> > > >
> > > > I would truly appreciate any suggestions or comments regarding this
> > > feature
> > > > and it's efficiency or necessity.
<snip>

Thank you very much for you suggestion. I really do appreciate it.

Jan



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Jan Il wrote:

> Hi all - AVG6
>
> I just have a short question regarding enabling the Use heuristics setting.
> I am not sure if this is needed or even necessary. I have been given
> information both for and against having the setting enabled.
>
> I would truly appreciate any suggestions or comments regarding this feature
> and it's efficiency or necessity.

generally speaking i would tend to choose to enable heuristics... so
long as it isn't producing an unbearable level of false positives it's
better to have that extra protection on... basically heuristics is just
a technology to help detect variations on known malware... if it works,
great... if something slips by then it's no different than if you
hadn't had it enabled at all...

--
"hungry people don't stay hungry for long
they get hope from fire and smoke as the weak grow strong
hungry people don't stay hungry for long
they get hope from fire and smoke as they reach for the dawn"

"kurt wismer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Jan Il wrote:
>
> > Hi all - AVG6
> >
> > I just have a short question regarding enabling the Use heuristics
setting.
> > I am not sure if this is needed or even necessary. I have been given
> > information both for and against having the setting enabled.
> >
> > I would truly appreciate any suggestions or comments regarding this
feature
> > and it's efficiency or necessity.
>
> generally speaking i would tend to choose to enable heuristics... so
> long as it isn't producing an unbearable level of false positives it's
> better to have that extra protection on... basically heuristics is just
> a technology to help detect variations on known malware... if it works,
> great... if something slips by then it's no different than if you
> hadn't had it enabled at all...
>
I have mine enabled on the same setup. I have no idea if it is better, all
I know is that if I keep AVG updated, it catches all I have received. I
haven't had a problem yet, (touches wood). It probably depends on where you
go..........I have a teenage son, so AVG is probably being used to it's
limits LOL

Hi Kurt,

"kurt wismer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Jan Il wrote:
>
> > Hi all - AVG6
> >
> > I just have a short question regarding enabling the Use heuristics
setting.
> > I am not sure if this is needed or even necessary. I have been given
> > information both for and against having the setting enabled.
> >
> > I would truly appreciate any suggestions or comments regarding this
feature
> > and it's efficiency or necessity.
>
> generally speaking i would tend to choose to enable heuristics... so
> long as it isn't producing an unbearable level of false positives it's
> better to have that extra protection on... basically heuristics is just
> a technology to help detect variations on known malware... if it works,
> great... if something slips by then it's no different than if you
> hadn't had it enabled at all...

That was somewhat my thinking, that if it only caught a portion of them, it
is more than would be caught without it. If, that is, it did not become
oppressive from false positives. So far, the AVG has been working perfectly.
I check for updates daily. I also have Google Toolbar, SpyBot, Adaware,
F-Prot, SpywareBlaster, Zone Alarm and Stinger.

Thank you very much for you time and input. I really do appreciate it.

Jan


> --
> "hungry people don't stay hungry for long
> they get hope from fire and smoke as the weak grow strong
> hungry people don't stay hungry for long
> they get hope from fire and smoke as they reach for the dawn"
>


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Hi Stuart,

"Stuart Gray" <no,stuartggray,(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "kurt wismer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:GidSb.40916$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Jan Il wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all - AVG6
> > >
> > > I just have a short question regarding enabling the Use heuristics
> setting.
> > > I am not sure if this is needed or even necessary. I have been given
> > > information both for and against having the setting enabled.
> > >
> > > I would truly appreciate any suggestions or comments regarding this
> feature
> > > and it's efficiency or necessity.
> >
> > generally speaking i would tend to choose to enable heuristics... so
> > long as it isn't producing an unbearable level of false positives it's
> > better to have that extra protection on... basically heuristics is just
> > a technology to help detect variations on known malware... if it works,
> > great... if something slips by then it's no different than if you
> > hadn't had it enabled at all...
> >
> I have mine enabled on the same setup. I have no idea if it is better,
all
> I know is that if I keep AVG updated, it catches all I have received. I
> haven't had a problem yet, (touches wood). It probably depends on where
you
> go..........I have a teenage son, so AVG is probably being used to it's
> limits LOL

I can well imaging AVG is really getting a workout at your house. :-)) I
just figured that with all the junk out there these days, it might not hurt
to try to keep as much off my machine as possible. I don't use the Internet
that much, but, I'm a graphic artist, and I sometimes do research on the
net, and I am very glad I have the Google Toolbar for all the pop-ups and
junk. Clipart sites are becoming popular targets for junk ads. I am very
pleased with AVG and have thought about using the feature, but, there has
been pros and cons on the usefulness of it.

Thank you for your additional information, I truly appreciate it.

Jan
>


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"Jan Il" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I can well imaging AVG is really getting a workout at your house. :-))
I
> just figured that with all the junk out there these days, it might not
hurt
> to try to keep as much off my machine as possible. I don't use the
Internet
> that much, but, I'm a graphic artist, and I sometimes do research on
the
> net, and I am very glad I have the Google Toolbar for all the pop-ups
and
> junk. Clipart sites are becoming popular targets for junk ads.

Aha.....so that's it. My daughter is a graphic artist as well....there
is our common link, grin. FWIW, she was on just 2 websites here one day
at Xmas.....Chatelaine magazine and a reputable graphic art one......and
she got a browser hijacker on here. So it isn't just popups you will
get, Ms. Jan. The Spyforum people figure it was when she entered a
contest on one of them......took her to another site.

I have found since I put SpywareBlaster on here that I never see any
spyware cookies, etc. A very good little proggie.

Best......Heather