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From: David Kaye on 21 Jul 2010 17:35 FredW <fredw(a)blackholespam.net> wrote: >Malware does not wait for you to call them "stupid" and wait for another >24 hours to update your definitions. I deal with malware professionally. I have hundreds of clients. Turning off unneeded services, using a firewall, instructing your users not to download suspicious stuff, and adhering to the Windows and Google warning notices about suspicious websites are your best defense. What's more, I give the only warrantee of its kind in the business: I give a 60 day warrantee that the malware won't come back after I've fixed a client's computer. And that's in all my advertising. I've only had to eat it about 7 or 8 times in the past 5 years. I reiterate that updating definition files frequently is a stupid idea that is only going to bog down the Internet. It's bad enough that there are DoS attacks going on and zombie bots running rampant attacking particular addresses, resulting in slowdowns. To have perfectly good machines polling and polling and polling for definitions that may not even be needed is the ultimate in dumbness. My latest MSSE update on this machine was 7/20 at 2:15am. That's good enough for me, and I don't have malware issues. What's more, I've had no malware on this computer in the 3 years I've been running it. Sure, there've been attempts, but they're thwarted before they get anywhere. I've used Avast, AVG, and MSSE for the most part.
From: baynole2 on 31 Jul 2010 11:18 On Jul 15, 7:51 pm, Ron <BigELil...(a)msn.com> wrote: > On Jul 13, 9:54 pm, "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nosp...(a)Verizon.Net> > wrote: > > > From: "Sam Spade" <sloopokes...(a)opto.net> > > > | Just purchased Dell computer Windows 7 Home (64) and with it came McAfee. > > | Thought Windows 7 had anti virus but evidently not. Any feedback on McAfee? > > | Sam > > > Replace it with Avira AntiVir. > > Reformatted this computer with W7 back in February and Avira 10 > wouldn't auto update. Tried it again last month and it still wouldn't > update. So, I'm still using Avira 9. I have always had problems getting AntiVir to update when I have used it in the past. I have been going with Avast for a couple years now and like it.
From: Ron on 31 Jul 2010 11:55 On Jul 31, 11:18 am, "bayno...(a)yahoo.com" <bayn...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Jul 15, 7:51 pm, Ron <BigELil...(a)msn.com> wrote: > > > On Jul 13, 9:54 pm, "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nosp...(a)Verizon.Net> > > wrote: > > > > From: "Sam Spade" <sloopokes...(a)opto.net> > > > > | Just purchased Dell computer Windows 7 Home (64) and with it came McAfee. > > > | Thought Windows 7 had anti virus but evidently not. Any feedback on McAfee? > > > | Sam > > > > Replace it with Avira AntiVir. > > > Reformatted this computer with W7 back in February and Avira 10 > > wouldn't auto update. Tried it again last month and it still wouldn't > > update. So, I'm still using Avira 9. > > I have always had problems getting AntiVir to update when I have used > it in the past. I have been going with Avast for a couple years now > and like it. I hate Avast! because it looks like a car stereo and not very user friendly unless they have changed it since I last tried it many yrs ago.
From: Han on 31 Jul 2010 12:02 "baynole2(a)yahoo.com" <baynole(a)gmail.com> wrote in news:8596f123-e198-47ca- a368-7e25c36817e2(a)f33g2000yqe.googlegroups.com: > I have always had problems getting AntiVir to update when I have used > it in the past. I have been going with Avast for a couple years now > and like it. > I have no problems with Avira updating, most of the time. When there is no internet connection, it does give an error, but I believe that is normal. -- Best regards Han email address is invalid
From: David H. Lipman on 31 Jul 2010 13:58
From: "baynole2(a)yahoo.com" <baynole(a)gmail.com> | I have always had problems getting AntiVir to update when I have used | it in the past. I have been going with Avast for a couple years now | and like it. That problem was fixed. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |