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Posted by S. Pidgorny on August 14, 2008, 5:00 am
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G'day:
>
> The point the OP makes about AV software is a very real one. AV software
> is
> sold by way of 'push install' onto new computers, not by consumer choice,
> and
> certainly not by quality ratings. In many cases the free offerings ARE
> better in every respect than the expensive, foisted ones.
True. It would be good to add links to some credible AV tests, like
http://av-test.org/
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Svyatoslav Pidgorny, MS MVP - Security, MCSE
-= F1 is the key =-
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Posted by =?Utf-8?B?RGFu?= on August 14, 2008, 5:22 am
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However, false positives seem to have gone up recently with anti-virus
products and thus I see the quality of many anti-virus products as going
down-hill. Where is the accountability that used to be in the anti-virus
industry or is this just an overall software security trend of products being
worse because of more false positives?
"S. Pidgorny <MVP>" wrote:
> G'day:
>
> >
> > The point the OP makes about AV software is a very real one. AV software
> > is
> > sold by way of 'push install' onto new computers, not by consumer choice,
> > and
> > certainly not by quality ratings. In many cases the free offerings ARE
> > better in every respect than the expensive, foisted ones.
>
> True. It would be good to add links to some credible AV tests, like
>
> http://av-test.org/
>
>
> --
> Svyatoslav Pidgorny, MS MVP - Security, MCSE
> -= F1 is the key =-
>
> * http://sl.mvps.org * http://msmvps.com/blogs/sp *
>
>
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Posted by Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM on August 14, 2008, 9:44 am
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>
> The point the OP makes about AV software is a very real one. AV software
> is
> sold by way of 'push install' onto new computers, not by consumer choice,
> and
> certainly not by quality ratings. In many cases the free offerings ARE
> better in every respect than the expensive, foisted ones.
>
> "~BD~" wrote:
>
> Yet it's possible to get legal,
>> professional quality anti-virus and other protective software, absolutely
>> free.
>
Agreed. In fact, the included security suite is probably one of the ones
that screws up and slows down Windows.
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Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
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Posted by =?Utf-8?B?RGFu?= on August 14, 2008, 10:06 am
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True, I hate the craplets and would also go with a clean install of my own
and a customized machine if and when realistic but I know that cannot be
realistic for big businesses. I like SpywareBlaster and Spybot Search and
Destroy for anti-spyware. I like AVG 7.5 for anti-virus. I am still
undecided about Windows Live One Care but I am using it on a trial basis for
now. What about everyone else and what are your security and safety measures
that you use to protect your computers. Thanks in advance for the replies.
"Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM" wrote:
> >
> > The point the OP makes about AV software is a very real one. AV software
> > is
> > sold by way of 'push install' onto new computers, not by consumer choice,
> > and
> > certainly not by quality ratings. In many cases the free offerings ARE
> > better in every respect than the expensive, foisted ones.
> >
> > "~BD~" wrote:
> >
> > Yet it's possible to get legal,
> >> professional quality anti-virus and other protective software, absolutely
> >> free.
> >
>
> Agreed. In fact, the included security suite is probably one of the ones
> that screws up and slows down Windows.
>
> --
> Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
> Do not reply with email
>
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Posted by FromTheRafters on August 14, 2008, 4:09 pm
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> True, I hate the craplets and would also go with a clean install of my own
> and a customized machine if and when realistic but I know that cannot be
> realistic for big businesses. I like SpywareBlaster and Spybot Search and
> Destroy for anti-spyware. I like AVG 7.5 for anti-virus. I am still
> undecided about Windows Live One Care but I am using it on a trial basis
> for
> now. What about everyone else and what are your security and safety
> measures
> that you use to protect your computers. Thanks in advance for the
> replies.
I have two laptops on a wireless LAN, one Vista and one XP.
Both have the Windows firewall enabled - plus when I'm behind
the wireless access point/router I have that, which is the best type
of firewall. The firewall applications I feel are a good thing to have
just in case I use someone elses access point for my connection.
On Vista I have Avast! anti-virus (I let the McAfee free trial expire).
On XP I have Norton, and when it expires I will install AntiVir as
the anti-virus. Both of those are the free versions, but I am not a
high risk user - so they'll do just fine.
I use anti-otherware when it pleases me, and the "Defender" that
my Vista OS came with is always enabled. I also make use of the
malicious software removal tool through Windows Update.
I use harddrive imaging software, and full and incremental backup
as backup plans, and preinstallation environment disks for lack
of good ol' DOS as a maintenance OS.
One good thing about anti-everything suites preinstalled on a new
OS is that you can't experience any slow-down. Although you can
experience a significant speed-up if you remove them <G>.
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