HELP ME PLEASE!!!!

[PaPa Plus]

does anyone freakin know if there's a "good" antivirus/antimalware out
there. 'cause i know avg, mcafee,norton, pccillin, spybot, ewido,
hijackthis, adaware all suck. everytime i use these programs i end up having
to clean up my hard drive manually. i just need something that will clean up
everything on the first try and thats it.

thanks if you can help

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "PaPa Plus" <[email protected]>

| does anyone freakin know if there's a "good" antivirus/antimalware out
| there. 'cause i know avg, mcafee,norton, pccillin, spybot, ewido,
| hijackthis, adaware all suck. everytime i use these programs i end up having
| to clean up my hard drive manually. i just need something that will clean up
| everything on the first try and thats it.
|
| thanks if you can help
|

If you practiced Safe Hex in the first place, you wouldn't be infected to the degree you
note thus causing you to need a myriad of applications.

 

[peter]

http://wiki.castlecops.com/Roll_your_own_Free_Security_Suite
peter

 

[Joe]

does anyone freakin know if there's a "good" antivirus/antimalware out
there. 'cause i know avg, mcafee,norton, pccillin, spybot, ewido,
hijackthis, adaware all suck. everytime i use these programs i end up having
to clean up my hard drive manually. i just need something that will clean up
everything on the first try and thats it.

thanks if you can help

You didn't mention the free Avast! which runs a boot scan after install,
and you can schedule one through its Control Panel. It handles many
types of malware and the boot scan gets at the malware before it can
take control.

Stop SPAM! and other malware. Create two mail rules in OE.

_First rule:_

A. In "Select the conditions for your rule" click "Where the from line
contains people", click "contains people", click Address Book, click
the first name, shift-click the last, click "From" button, click OK.

B. In "Select the actions for your rule", click "Stop processing more
rules". This will let everyone in your address book fall through to
your Inbox.

C. Name the rule "Pass".

_Second rule:_

A. In "Select the conditions for your rule" click "For all messages"

B. In "Select the actions for your rule", click "Delete it".

C. Name the rule "Delete".

You might want to set OE to delete the Deleted Items folder every time
you close OE. One disadvantage: You might have to close OE in a hurry
sometimes before you have a chance to check for missed messages.

Advantages:

1. No SPAM! No amount of filtering by sender or subject matter will
prevent spammers; they use a different subject and address every few
days. But this setup prevents ALL SPAM from fictitious addresses.

2. Few Viruses! Only viruses from those who have your email address in
their address book.

Disadvantages:

1. You'll have to look in the Deleted Items folder for blocked email. If
you find a mail you actually want, just drag it into the Inbox till you
add that address to the Pass filter.

2. To add addresses to the filter, you'll have to edit it, click
"contains people", click "Address Book" again, and add any new
addresses. That can be an occasional nuisance, but otherwise you'll be
creating many mail rules for SPAM.

 

[Hertz_Donut]

You didn't mention the free Avast! which runs a boot scan after install,
and you can schedule one through its Control Panel. It handles many types
of malware and the boot scan gets at the malware before it can take
control.

To add to this, Avast is not the only antivirus app that does this...in fact
most of them do. This feature is by no means exclusive to Avast.

Stop SPAM! and other malware. Create two mail rules in OE.

_First rule:_

A. In "Select the conditions for your rule" click "Where the from line
contains people", click "contains people", click Address Book, click the
first name, shift-click the last, click "From" button, click OK.

B. In "Select the actions for your rule", click "Stop processing more
rules". This will let everyone in your address book fall through to your
Inbox.

This is really poor advice. This would stop all mail from anyone not in the
OPs address book, supposing that the Op uses Outlook or Outlook Express.
Other emails would not get through, even those that the OP would want or
need to see.

C. Name the rule "Pass".

_Second rule:_

A. In "Select the conditions for your rule" click "For all messages"

B. In "Select the actions for your rule", click "Delete it".

C. Name the rule "Delete".

You might want to set OE to delete the Deleted Items folder every time you
close OE. One disadvantage: You might have to close OE in a hurry
sometimes before you have a chance to check for missed messages.

Advantages:

1. No SPAM! No amount of filtering by sender or subject matter will
prevent spammers; they use a different subject and address every few days.
But this setup prevents ALL SPAM from fictitious addresses.

2. Few Viruses! Only viruses from those who have your email address in
their address book.

Disadvantages:

1. You'll have to look in the Deleted Items folder for blocked email. If
you find a mail you actually want, just drag it into the Inbox till you
add that address to the Pass filter.

2. To add addresses to the filter, you'll have to edit it, click "contains
people", click "Address Book" again, and add any new addresses. That can
be an occasional nuisance, but otherwise you'll be creating many mail
rules for SPAM.

This is not a method I would use or recommend. It will effectively preclude
all email reaching you from any entity not in your address book, and it
would immediately delete those that it does not let through so that they can
be monitored.

If this method works for you, so be it, but it is a really foolish thing to
do.

Honu

 

[Pop`]

does anyone freakin know if there's a "good" antivirus/antimalware out
there. 'cause i know avg, mcafee,norton, pccillin, spybot, ewido,
hijackthis, adaware all suck. everytime i use these programs i end up
having to clean up my hard drive manually. i just need something that
will clean up everything on the first try and thats it.

thanks if you can help

You have a good aresenal of tools; you apparently are being your own worst
enemy by assuming the tools are the ONLY think you need to protect you. A
little research is recommended for you; try google.com.
The only tool I see missing is a firewall.

 

[Joe]

To add to this, Avast is not the only antivirus app that does this...in fact
most of them do. This feature is by no means exclusive to Avast.

This is really poor advice. This would stop all mail from anyone not in the
OPs address book, supposing that the Op uses Outlook or Outlook Express.
Other emails would not get through, even those that the OP would want or
need to see.



This is not a method I would use or recommend. It will effectively preclude
all email reaching you from any entity not in your address book, and it
would immediately delete those that it does not let through so that they can
be monitored.

If this method works for you, so be it, but it is a really foolish thing to
do.

The user looks in the Deleted items folder before closing OE. It's
simple, and I mentioned its pitfalls.