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From: ed on 27 Oct 2006 00:33 Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: > In alt.comp.anti-virus, lalinda(a)yahoonospam.com wrote: > > > I thought that Avast with all its shields prevents alot of malware and > > trojans, which seem to be the major problem on the web today. > > Truth be told, if you use modern, secure software (OS, mail, news, > browser, firewall) and practice safe hex, you don't need any of those > other programs. > > -- > -bts > -Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck to be safe you should always use an anti-virus program. all it takes is one mistake to cause problems. etrust is my only experience with CA and i liked it but it did have some problems scanning large numbers of files. but this was about a year and a half ago since i used it so i can not say about the latest versions.
From: lalinda on 28 Oct 2006 19:07 "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch(a)nospamgmail.com> wrote in news:uKNRa6H#GHA.4712(a)TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl: > I would recommend trying Avast! antivirus. > I've been using it for over a year and its been great! > It's also FREE! > > avast! 4 Home Edition Download > http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html > > I would also recommend installing the new Windows Defender > antispyware program. It's also FREE! > http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx > > I almost valued your opinion until I saw the last recommendation! LOL! I've yet to see Windows Defender actually find anything. Are they still updating the defs for the beta version? I heard the final version is only for XP and not for earlier OS's. Am I mistaken?
From: lalinda on 28 Oct 2006 19:28 "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in news:8%Q%g.81190$073.6243(a)trnddc01: > If you *must* use a free anti virus, rather than a paid for solution, > Avira AntiVir is suggested. How is Avira doing in the magazine and site reviews in comparison to Avast, AVG, Norton, and the leaders - NOD32 and Kaspersky? Is there anyway to have two AV programs downloaded and installed with one scanning and the other only opened and run when asked? It seems that the instant you open these programs (after removing their startup commands from the registry), they throw a string back in there and move into startup again.
From: David H. Lipman on 28 Oct 2006 23:36 From: <lalinda(a)yahoonospam.com> | "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in | news:8%Q%g.81190$073.6243(a)trnddc01: | >> If you *must* use a free anti virus, rather than a paid for solution, >> Avira AntiVir is suggested. | | How is Avira doing in the magazine and site reviews in comparison to Avast, | AVG, Norton, and the leaders - NOD32 and Kaspersky? | | Is there anyway to have two AV programs downloaded and installed with one | scanning and the other only opened and run when asked? It seems that the | instant you open these programs (after removing their startup commands from | the registry), they throw a string back in there and move into startup | again. I don'r read reviews. I just know it is better in *many* ways. Having two fully installed anti virus products installed is contrindicated and should NOT be done. You can have one fully installed AV software application installed performing "On Access" and "On Demand" scannning and othe "On Demand" scanners. That is why I wrote the Multi AV Scanning Tool which provides four "On Demand" and to virus scanners... Download MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL -- http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/Multi_AV.exe To use this utility, perform the following... Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS } Choose; Unzip Choose; Close Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS } NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go through your FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files. C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS} This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in Normal Mode. This way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor's web site. The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Kaspersky, Exit this menu and Reboot the PC. You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or you can download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have downloaded the files needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe Mode [F8 key during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to run in Safe Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal Mode. When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more comprehensive PDF help file. http://www.ik-cs.com/multi-av.htm Additional Instructions: http://pcdid.com/Multi_AV.htm * * * Please report back your results * * * -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
From: Carey Frisch [MVP] on 30 Oct 2006 22:19
Windows Defender is designed for Windows XP, not older operating systems. It prevents spyware from being installed so you do not have to find the spyware AFTER it is installed and compromised the security of your computer. -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "lalinda" wrote: | I almost valued your opinion until I saw the last recommendation! LOL! | I've yet to see Windows Defender actually find anything. | Are they still updating the defs for the beta version? I heard the final | version is only for XP and not for earlier OS's. Am I mistaken? |