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From: species8350 on 28 Mar 2010 12:29 On Mar 28, 5:04 pm, "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.m...(a)example.invalid> wrote: > ~BD~ wrote: > > Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: > >> ~BD~ wrote: > >>> Here's one to consider! :) > > >> Do you expect that anyone who knows your posting history would take > >> your advice on computer security matters? > > > That's a peculiar comment. > > > If you think I have *ever* given misleading advice, cite an example. > > I didn't say you give misleading advice. You rarely give any advice at > all. What you do is constantly post/crosspost/multipost the material of > *others* (frequently dragging unrelated groups into the thread), and > then ask silly questions about it. > > Are you being treated for Anankastic personality disorder? Should you > be? > > "What do *you* think about it?" > > -- > -bts > -Four wheels carry the body; two wheels move the soul Thanks for the info so far. To date: AVIRA and MSE seem to be worth a look. Any advace?
From: ~BD~ on 28 Mar 2010 13:08 Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: > > I didn't say you give misleading advice. You rarely give any advice at > all. I do, in fact - but maybe not where you might notice. In RL I try, really hard, to give advice *only* when ...... a. It is requested, or b. If it's a life or death situation What you do is constantly post/crosspost/multipost the material of > *others* (frequently dragging unrelated groups into the thread), and > then ask silly questions about it. There has been a reason for everything I've done. I have 'encouraged folk like Mike Easter, Aardvark and Oldus Fartus to join me in alt.politics.scorched-earth. Good people with great minds. They would never have gone there if I had not crossposted (IMO). > Are you being treated for Anankastic personality disorder? Should you > be? *No*!! > "What do *you* think about it?" Let's discuss F60.5 Anankastic (Obsessive-Compulsive) Personality Disorder ************************************************************ Personality disorder characterized by at least 3 of the following: 1. feelings of excessive doubt and caution; No. 2. preoccupation with details, rules, lists, order, organization or schedule; A little. I put it down to Naval training. 3. perfectionism that interferes with task completion; Perfectionist? Yes to a degree. Has never prevented task completion. 4. excessive conscientiousness, scrupulousness, and undue preoccupation with productivity to the exclusion of pleasure and interpersonal relationships; No - not to the exclusion of pleasure and relationships. 5. excessive pedantry and adherence to social conventions; No 6. rigidity and stubbornness; Yes - I most certainly *can* be stubborn! 7. unreasonable insistence by the patient that others submit to exactly his or her way of doing things, or unreasonable reluctance to allow others to do things; No - *I* don't think so anyway! (well, I would, wouldn't I? <g>) 8. intrusion of insistent and unwelcome thoughts or impulses. No Ref: http://counsellingresource.com/distress/personality-disorders/anankastic.html Quite an interesting excercise. I think perhaps you have judged me unfairly. Much of what I have done (and do) is designed to "confuse the enemy" - it is not necessarily the *real* me who you see! Perhaps you'll indulge me by listening here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpcNFll5yOM HTH -- Dave
From: gufus on 28 Mar 2010 18:44 From: species8350 Subj: AVAST?Sun, 28 Mar 2010 04:57:38 -0700 (PDT) Hello, species8350! You wrote on Sun, 28 Mar 2010 04:57:38 -0700 (PDT): s> I was think of installing AVAST. s> Should I consider any competitors? Yes.. Avira v10 -- With best regards, gufus. E-mail: stop.nospam.gbbsg(a)shaw.ca
From: FromTheRafters on 28 Mar 2010 19:45 "~BD~" <.BoaterDave(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message news:rKOdnQah1eR99DLWnZ2dnUVZ8iz_fwAA(a)bt.com... > David H. Lipman wrote: >> From: "species8350" <not_here.5.species8350(a)xoxy.net> >> >> | On Mar 28, 1:08 pm, "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nosp...(a)Verizon.Net> >> | wrote: >>>> From: "species8350" <not_here.5.species8...(a)xoxy.net> >> >>>> | McAfee is soon to end. I want to replace it with good free >>>> programme. >> >>>> | I was think of installing AVAST. >> >>>> | Should I consider any competitors? >> >>>> | Thanks >> >>>> Avira AntiVir >> >>>> -- >>>> Davehttp://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html >>>> Multi-AV -http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp >> >> | Better than AVAST? >> >> Definitely as well as Microsoft Security Essentials. > > > Better provide some proof of that assertion, Mr Lipman. > > The world is watching and waiting for your 'proof' Well, I'm waiting for some clarification myself. Without a comma after "Definitely", the statement seems dubious.
From: FromTheRafters on 28 Mar 2010 20:22
"species8350" <not_here.5.species8350(a)xoxy.net> wrote in message news:ef712711-178e-497b-9ff5-5c3c30e029d7(a)k19g2000yqn.googlegroups.com... Thanks for the info so far. To date: AVIRA and MSE seem to be worth a look. Any advace? No advice from me. I use Avira's free version of AntiVir and Alwil's free version of Avast! (two laptops). I also have ClamWin as an on-demand scanner - just because it entertains me to find FPs. Don't get me wrong, they *all* FP and ClamWin in my experience wasn't the worst offender. There is no way for me to know how each fared in detecting real malware, as I haven't exposed them to very many samples. The only important metric in that respect is the ratio of FPs to real detections in the real world, and I have know way of knowing that (not even the "independent" tests can have all of the HP and the IBM and the Gateway toolkit's and such in their test sets). |