Seriously, has anybody ever seen a serious virus problem in Windows when using AV protection?
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From: Leythos on 24 Mar 2010 07:46 In article <hobh0h$s1i$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, philnblanc(a)comcast.net says... > Please, guys and gals, urge your friends and customers to turn the > computers off when they are not using them... unless there is a > compelling reason to do otherwise. > You mean like maintenance that happens after the users are done using the computer? You mean like AV scans that happen at night so that they don't impact the user during the normal use hours? You mean like windows updates between 3AM and 4AM? You mean like remotely connecting to the computer to work? In 30+ years of working with computers I've had exactly 1 malware on a computer I own/control and my own computers as well as most of the computers at our customers sites run 24/7. -- You can't trust your best friends, your five senses, only the little voice inside you that most civilians don't even hear -- Listen to that. Trust yourself. spam999free(a)rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)
From: Leythos on 24 Mar 2010 07:48 In article <qluiq59i975s6scc2slnl6gf6fcc02onvr(a)4ax.com>, none(a)none.invalid says... > > On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:14:24 -0400, "David H. Lipman" > <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote: > > >From: "Char Jackson" <none(a)none.invalid> > > > >| On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:57:13 -0400, ToolPackinMama > >| <philnblanc(a)comcast.net> wrote: > > > >>>People I meet have many times asked me if they should shut their Windows > >>>computers off at night, and I always say, "Yes, keep your PC off unless > >>>you are using it." > > > >>>I figure if it's off, an infected computer can do less damage. > > > >| I agree with the advice, although I don't follow it myself. To me, the > >| primary reason for turning a system off is to save electricity. > > > > > >Actualy the quiescent temperature is better since you dont have hard drive warming > >exapnsion and drive cooling contraction cycles adding tom the wear and tear factor and > >aging of a hard disk. > > Probably true, but I have no evidence, even anecdotal evidence, to > indicate that it makes an appreciable difference in equipment life. :) If you've worked with Electronics for any length of time, and with devices that have bearings, you would know, without guessing, that turning off a device increases chances of a problem when you try and use it again. There are also times when a device fails due to normal wear/tear/age.... -- You can't trust your best friends, your five senses, only the little voice inside you that most civilians don't even hear -- Listen to that. Trust yourself. spam999free(a)rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)
From: tom on 24 Mar 2010 09:41 "RayLopez99" <raylopez88(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:b5b33db2-605b-47d2-bf36-83752029e8ec(a)33g2000yqj.googlegroups.com... On Mar 23, 11:48 pm, "tom" <2@~.com> wrote: > Yes, while using XP. I clicked on a site from a cigar NG that sold torch > lighters. Got shot to some chinese site and my "free" CA AV program lit up > like a xmas tree. It warned me of the infection and supposedly deleted it. > But it wasn't gone. >>Switch to Microsoft's AV offering (see the report), or Avant?! (or the >>other one that starts with an 'A'), which were #2 and #1 on the list, >>or Kaspersky (top 33%) Been using Kaspersky ever since. Never had a problem.
From: RayLopez99 on 24 Mar 2010 11:45 On Mar 24, 3:55 pm, "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodg...(a)nomail.afraid.org> wrote: > > Regards, Dave Hodgins > OK, noted. Stories about improperly installed AV programs and zero- day attacks that are really the fault of the user (since the patch is available) are noted. Thanks, and that proves my point. RL
From: RayLopez99 on 24 Mar 2010 11:47
On Mar 24, 1:52 pm, Leythos <spam999f...(a)rrohio.com> wrote: > > > Ancient history, like your name. > > > Goodbye Leythos (sounds Greek to me!) > > I see you've graduated to troll status. > Who cares? You like attribution it seems--so if you're American you voted against Obama because he's black? And you know the stats about blacks...crimes and stuff. Troll or not, my points stand. Your 'point' is on your head. Quit reading the signature line and start reading the content of the post. RL |