Hello World,

so far I have had disappointing resutlt with virus scanners.
I'm a software engineer which means I compile and rebuild
executables all the time. The performance impact of
most virus scanners is simply unacceptable for me.

Can anyone recommend a virus scanner that I can switch off
COMPLETELY (so it eats up no CPU cycles), and only switch
it on right before I retrieve my e-mail or download any
stuff from the internet?

A reliable "scanner-only" product would be just as well for
me...





--
Arthur Hoornweg
(please remove the ".net" from my e-mail address)

In article <7m04b.178004$(E-Mail Removed)>,
(E-Mail Removed) says...
> Hello World,
>
> so far I have had disappointing resutlt with virus scanners.
> I'm a software engineer which means I compile and rebuild
> executables all the time. The performance impact of
> most virus scanners is simply unacceptable for me.
>
> Can anyone recommend a virus scanner that I can switch off
> COMPLETELY (so it eats up no CPU cycles), and only switch
> it on right before I retrieve my e-mail or download any
> stuff from the internet?
>
> A reliable "scanner-only" product would be just as well for
> me...
>

Try F-Prot for Windows <http://www.f-prot.com>.

--
Cheers-

Jeff Setaro
(E-Mail Removed)
http://people.mags.net/jasetaro/
PGP Key IDs DH/DSS: 0x5D41429D RSA: 0x599D2A99 New RSA: 0xA19EBD34

On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 12:01:07 GMT, Arthur Hoornweg
<(E-Mail Removed)> posted the following useless
information:

>Can anyone recommend a virus scanner that I can switch off
>COMPLETELY (so it eats up no CPU cycles), and only switch
>it on right before I retrieve my e-mail or download any
>stuff from the internet?


Nearly any of the products out today will do that.

Nod32 http://www.nod32.com

KAV http://www.kaspersky.com

McAfee http://www.mcafee.com

On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 12:01:07 GMT, Arthur Hoornweg
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hello World,
>
>so far I have had disappointing resutlt with virus scanners.
>I'm a software engineer which means I compile and rebuild
>executables all the time. The performance impact of
>most virus scanners is simply unacceptable for me.
>
>Can anyone recommend a virus scanner that I can switch off
>COMPLETELY (so it eats up no CPU cycles), and only switch
>it on right before I retrieve my e-mail or download any
>stuff from the internet?

If you use Pegasus for email there is no need for any antivirus while
using it. Similarly, if you use Free Agent for newsgroups you require
no antivirus scanner while using it. For browsing, use the latest
version of Mozilla .... version 1.5a is excellent. No realtime
antivirus required there either but if you're paranoid you can
selectively enable/disable Java Script and Java. I've never found that
necessary, however.

So what other internet habits do you have which require realtime
antivirus? If there aren't any such "bad habits", use only on-demand
scanning and don't compromise on using the best such as KAV or
products that use the KAV engine such as F-Secure ... and/or McAfee.

>A reliable "scanner-only" product would be just as well for
>me...

If you mean on-demand scanning that's what I'm suggesting. Use more
than one product to gain the benefits of multiple "opinions" on your
downloads. I use KAVDOS, McAfee DOS and F-Prot on Win 9x/ME. But never
trust antivirus scanners, they are very fallible. Use only downloads
from trustworthy sources.


Art
http://www.epix.net/~artnpeg

In article <7m04b.178004$(E-Mail Removed)>,
(E-Mail Removed) splurted...
> Hello World,
>
> so far I have had disappointing resutlt with virus scanners.
> I'm a software engineer which means I compile and rebuild
> executables all the time. The performance impact of
> most virus scanners is simply unacceptable for me.

Write your own.



>
> Can anyone recommend a virus scanner that I can switch off
> COMPLETELY (so it eats up no CPU cycles), and only switch
> it on right before I retrieve my e-mail or download any
> stuff from the internet?
>
> A reliable "scanner-only" product would be just as well for
> me...
>
>
>
>
>
>

--
Mike