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free virus protection bob 04-21-2007
Posted by David H. Lipman on April 27, 2007, 10:51 pm
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| I don't know why they limit it to 10 per email. I would think that such a
| limit would be useful. If a customer is saving up that many for one
| submission, they aren't really helping since it takes time to get all of
| them together and by the time one company/person put them together others
| will have submitted them. There is the human element too that if someone at
| Symantec is going through a bunch of viral samples and the first five are
| already know quantities, then they may not check the next five as carefully
| being predisposed to assuming they are all known.
|
| I never had problems making submissions when I found something, but I did
| have the advantage of having an internal email address, so maybe the rules
| didn't apply. I haven't found anything new recently. I am glad that Road
| Runner and Comcast seem to have implemented fairly decent email filters, so
| my junk email is very minimal.
|

Sample of a Symantec PITA message. There was NOTHING wrong with the attachment
I sent and
it had only ten files in it:

(This is an automated response. Please do not reply to this message.)

Thank you for your message. You are receiving this reply because our automation
determined
that there was no attachment to your original message, or your message contained
a zip file
with an unknown password, or the attachment was corrupted.

This mailbox is to be used only for submitting suspected threats to the Symantec
Security
response. If you have a file that you believe is infected or malicious, and you
would like
Symantec Security Response to analyze it, please see the following URL for
submission instructions:
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/submit.html
If you have a threat-related question, or require other technical assistance,
please point
your Web browser to: http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/index.html


Thank you,
Symantec Security Response

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm



Posted by User66 on April 21, 2007, 10:02 pm
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> Would you work 24x7 analyzing viral code and keeping honey traps monitored for
nothing? Symantec
> is very good and I would recommend it over the Norton line, but the Norton
line will update the
> software for fixes. The Symantec versions are designed for places where IT
will test and
> distribute the bug fixes and enhancements. The signatures are updated for
both and easily updated
> manually when desired.
>
>>>
>>> | I have been using for couple of years now, the free version
>>> | of AVG. Seems like a good anti-virus program. The free
>>> | version updates daily. The e-mail setting is slightly clumsy,
>>> | but works OK.
>>> | http://free.grisoft.com/doc/Get+AVG+FREE/lng/us/tpl/v5
>>> |
>>> | I am testing now another one. It is called BitDefender.
>>> | http://www.bitdefender.com/site/Downloads/
>>> | Fairly simple to set it up. Not sure how long the free
>>> | version will remain free.
>>> |
>>>
>>> The free BitDefender is good. However it is only an "On Demand" scanner and
does not
>>> support "On Access" scanning. Thus you can use it with another fully
installed anti virus
>>> product but not as the primary anti virus application. The primary anti
virus application
>>> needs to perform both "On Demand" and "On Access" scanning.
>>>
>>> Therefore BitDefender can supplement AVG but not replace it.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Dave
>>> http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
>>> http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I have used Norton for more than 10 years, but can't afford it anymore.
>> Is there any free version that has both "On Demand" and "On Access" scanning?
>>
>


Thanks for your comment.



Posted by MAP on April 21, 2007, 7:17 pm
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bob@coolgroups.com wrote:
> I was just wondering if there is any good free virus protection
> software out there for Windows XP.

You get what you pay for, but here goes.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=free+virus+software
--
Mike Pawlak



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