Anti Virus Software

[Bruce Chambers]

Yes, I thought a long time. I repeat, what is your rational for stating it
is quite effective? I.E. How do you know?

O...n...c...e m...o...r...e, v...e...r...y...
s...l...o...w...l...y, f...o...r... y...o...u...r...
r...e...a...d...i...n...g... p...r...o...b...l...e...m....

A...s I... s...a...i...d..., I... k... n... o... w... i...t...
w...o...r...k...s b...e...c...a...u...s...e i...t...
p...r...e...v...e...n...t...s i...n...f...e...c...t...i...o...n...s
t...o... w...h...i...c...h... I... k...n...o...w I...'v...e...
b...e...e...n... e...x...p...o...s...e...d.....

I... c...a...n'...t... e...x...p...l...a...i...n... i...t...
a...n...y... m...o...r...e s...i...m...p...l...y...
t...h...a...n... t...h...a...t....



--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:


http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot

 

[Bill in Co.]

It's bad enough reading db~*, but this one takes the cake!

 

[Thee Chicago Wolf]

I have it install in my pc but don't seems to be able to use it. Been to

Avira website but did not say how to use it. Specifically I would like to use
the prog to scan a slave drive. Care to explain how I can go about,thanks

In the system tray you'll see the small umbrella, right-click and
choose Start Antivir. When Antivir starts, choose scan system now. It
will scan both C: and D:. I don't remember if you can specify the
drive letter first, maybe in advanced options, but if not, what do you
want for free?

- Thee Chicago Wolf

 

[Unknown]

Great verification and proof---------YOU know!

O...n...c...e m...o...r...e, v...e...r...y... s...l...o...w...l...y,
f...o...r... y...o...u...r... r...e...a...d...i...n...g...
p...r...o...b...l...e...m....

A...s I... s...a...i...d..., I... k... n... o... w... i...t...
w...o...r...k...s b...e...c...a...u...s...e i...t...
p...r...e...v...e...n...t...s i...n...f...e...c...t...i...o...n...s
t...o... w...h...i...c...h... I... k...n...o...w I...'v...e...
b...e...e...n... e...x...p...o...s...e...d.....

I... c...a...n'...t... e...x...p...l...a...i...n... i...t...
a...n...y... m...o...r...e s...i...m...p...l...y... t...h...a...n...
t...h...a...t....



--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:


http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand
Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot

 

[Gray Brown]

Ouch!! Well I did say I wasn't expert when it comes to security software. I
guess it's easy to suck when a lot of virus makers are probably aiming for
you. Not that the other groups don't have people aiming for them either, but
I figure the ones that are more commonly known and used get picked on most
and as a result, end up sucking. Of course I could be wrong.

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

Symantec security apps are known far and wide as being the most
problem-causing, computer-slowing behemoth in the Windows world. Norton was
a good name and arguably the best ever -- until Symantec bought it a decade
ago. You also run it in tandem with SpySweeper with Antivirus(Webroot.com),
which means you have two real-time anti-virus applications running at the
same time and that's a BIG no-no.

As for the rest of your list, I've *heard* of Spyware Doctor (can't remember
if it was positive or negative feedback), and only recently of Webroot and
it's products, but I've never heard of ThreatFire.

BTW, using more than one real-time spyware scanner is a bad idea, too. One
AV, one realtime anti-spyware. In the case of your Webroot product, You can
run ONLY that in the background, not that plus anything else. As matter of
fact, I only very recently started using SuperAntiSpyware as real-time
protection. Before I had AV and a handful of on-demand scanners that I run
when I remember (every week or two.) Haven't found much besides the
occasional tracking cookie on my system since my daughter quit using the
system for places such as Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, five different IMs,
etc. Even then, I only found a couple of lightweight nothings that didn't
matter.

Wanna guess what the most effective tool in my arsenal is? I read my email
in Plain Text Only using OE (other email clients would do just as well, for
the most part, but OE is always already installed and that's what I use. If
it's only rendered in plain text, an HTML email stuffed with malware and
scripts to install them can't run when you open it. In the VERY few cases
when I actually need to read something in HTML (email from Microsoft is a
good example, because it's an unintelligible mess otherwise), I check it all
carefully to make sure it's legit email, then I open it, then press
Alt-Shift-H (or View>Message in HTML.) I'm betting that if everybody only
read their email in PT, the number of infections around the world would be
much less than half what it is now.

 

[Twayne]

Symantec security apps are known far and wide as being the most

problem-causing, computer-slowing behemoth in the Windows world.
Norton was a good name and arguably the best ever -- until Symantec
bought it a decade ago. You also run it in tandem with SpySweeper
with Antivirus(Webroot.com), which means you have two real-time
anti-virus applications running at the same time and that's a BIG
no-no.

Wow, are you seriously misinformed (or ignorant and making it up as you
go)! Looks like you're parroting here; it's ruined your credibility.
You don't even have any idea when Symantec purchased Norton, as one
example.

Based on that there is nothing in your post worth reading

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

FYI, 14 years rounds out to a decade, and at my age, 4 years one way or the
other doesn't mean spit. That makes ME right. Go to the back of the class,
Troll/Dunce/Idiot/SOS. Better yet, go on out back to the outhouse and, er,
read your, er, comic books, while the rest of us actually do something for
society.

 

[Gray Brown]

Symantec security apps are known far and wide as being the most
problem-causing, computer-slowing behemoth in the Windows world. Norton was
a good name and arguably the best ever -- until Symantec bought it a decade
ago. You also run it in tandem with SpySweeper with Antivirus(Webroot.com),
which means you have two real-time anti-virus applications running at the
same time and that's a BIG no-no.

As for the rest of your list, I've *heard* of Spyware Doctor (can't remember
if it was positive or negative feedback), and only recently of Webroot and
it's products, but I've never heard of ThreatFire.

BTW, using more than one real-time spyware scanner is a bad idea, too. One
AV, one realtime anti-spyware. In the case of your Webroot product, You can
run ONLY that in the background, not that plus anything else. As matter of
fact, I only very recently started using SuperAntiSpyware as real-time
protection. Before I had AV and a handful of on-demand scanners that I run
when I remember (every week or two.) Haven't found much besides the
occasional tracking cookie on my system since my daughter quit using the
system for places such as Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, five different IMs,
etc. Even then, I only found a couple of lightweight nothings that didn't
matter.

Wanna guess what the most effective tool in my arsenal is? I read my email
in Plain Text Only using OE (other email clients would do just as well, for
the most part, but OE is always already installed and that's what I use. If
it's only rendered in plain text, an HTML email stuffed with malware and
scripts to install them can't run when you open it. In the VERY few cases
when I actually need to read something in HTML (email from Microsoft is a
good example, because it's an unintelligible mess otherwise), I check it all
carefully to make sure it's legit email, then I open it, then press
Alt-Shift-H (or View>Message in HTML.) I'm betting that if everybody only
read their email in PT, the number of infections around the world would be
much less than half what it is now.

Thanks for the advice about the scanners, but I thought that was what I was
already doing: My Norton scanner doesn't do spyware, just viruses and my
Spysweeper has its virus scanner off and just checks for spyware and
rootkits. The two programs don't seem to interfere with each other (Back when
I had McAffe, it and Norton did interfere with each other a lot!). Threatfire
is made by the same people who made Spyware Doctor and judging from their
claims on the PC Tools website, it's made to be used in tandem with Norton,
McAffe, and others as it seems to focus on rootkit detection and supposedly
"zero-hour" threats (That's their words, not mine) or real-time protection.
I don't use an email program anymore as I don't look at my email that much:
At one point, it was so long since I looked at my email that OE told me I had
to setup all over again. So I just go directly to my email server's site when
I want to check my email.