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Posted by FromTheRafters on May 12, 2008, 9:19 am
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The old saw "Don't throw out the baby with the bathwater"
applies. Although some regions spew more malware than others,
many good programs also come from the same regions.
If the suite approach is favorable for you, my guess is that AVG
is adequate all around.
> ...only slightly relevant perhaps, I'm never quite happy with the .cz in
> the URL at Grisoft, i.e where I bought a 3 pack Internet Security suite !!
>
> regards, Richard
>
> (one day I'll master note top-posting :-)
>
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>> Sometimes the action of a malware is indistinguishable
>> from the actions of an anti-malware. Not the fault of AVG
>> in their purportedly stated remedy, but rather an error in
>> assuming an anti-malware suite is what people want. The
>> wave of the future seems to be these suites where you don't
>> get the best defense from each category - you sacrifice that
>> for the 'ease of use' in having the all-in-one security suite.
>>
>> I'm a little surprised there haven't been a lot of questions about
>> anti-rootkits being detected as rootkits by rootkit detectors of
>> different software vendors. Do these suites ignore the possibility
>> of subverting the OS?
>>
>>> You're welcome! :)
>>>
>>> BD
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>>>
>>>> Well spotted ! ...thanks for that :-)
>>>>
>>>> regards, Richard
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Richard - a read here might help!
>>>>> http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic143321.html
>>>>>
>>>>> Good Luck!
>>>>>
>>>>> Dave
>>>>>
>>>>>> Well, I haven't got a list like this:-
>>>>>> http://freeforum.avg.com/read.php?4,124300,124620
>>>>>>
>>>>>> but, someone in there is advising the guy to un-immunize, (using his
>>>>>> installed Spybot S&D), and then sweep with AVG a/v scanner !
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So, is my AVG 8.0 detecting something that Spybot S&D put into my
>>>>>> registry to thwart malware, as suggest by the guy on the above link ?
>>>>>> ...or do I do as suggested - un-immunize with S&D | sweep with AVG
>>>>>> again | then re-immunize ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> At the moment AVG a/v sweep has located 30 registry keys of the
>>>>>> form:-
>>>>>>
>>>>>> HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ActiveX
>>>>>> Compatibility\
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Result/Infection column, to the right of these items are mostly
>>>>>> "Found Adware.Generic"
>>>>>> ...and there's a few others e.g.
>>>>>> Adware.TitanShieldAntispyware
>>>>>> Adware.NewDotnet (now, I did have a NewDotNet variant a while ago -
>>>>>> I'm sure I flattened and rebuilt after that !)
>>>>>> Adware.Isearch
>>>>>> Adware.Generic3.BRJ (two of these - hinting that my ISP / Orange has
>>>>>> something naughty in it)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> :-)
>>>>>> ...any views on whether AVG 8.0 a/v sweep is just detecting keys
>>>>>> dropped in by Spybot S&D ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> TIA
>>>>>>
>>>>>> regards, Richard
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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