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Critical bug found in anti-virus software
New Scientist news service ^
| 22 December 2005
| Will Knight
Posted on 12/23/2005 9:05:03 AM PST by george76
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To: ndt
I agree, but I have class 1 end users using these computers (usually).
Unless you've done this sort of work, and it sounds like you might have, you have *no* idea how stupid people are when it comes to using the computer.
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posted on
12/23/2005 9:40:38 AM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: LostInBayport
I agree...I dropped $75 last year for Norton, and for what? My computer eventually crashed due to lack of protection; plus, after a year, they wanted another $40 for renewal.
McAfee comes free w/ my high speed, and it has worked well to date.
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posted on
12/23/2005 9:42:07 AM PST
by
dave k
To: george76
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posted on
12/23/2005 9:44:36 AM PST
by
manwiththehands
("Merry Christmas .... and Happy New Year ... you can take your seat now ...")
To: xrp
I don't either. I'm never had a virus attack on this VIC-20.
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posted on
12/23/2005 9:45:01 AM PST
by
ASA Vet
(Those who know don't talk, those who talk don't know.)
To: 1FASTGLOCK45
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posted on
12/23/2005 9:45:28 AM PST
by
angkor
To: Spktyr
Norton's always seemed to want to take over the entire computer. So stopped using Norton a long time ago. AVG and MicroTrend are good for me but presently using V-Shield
To: george76
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posted on
12/23/2005 9:48:27 AM PST
by
sitetest
(If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
To: jdm
Good list except that Sygate has sold its firewall portion of the company to Symantec recently.
To: iPod Shuffle
"I use Trend Micro. A much "leaner" program that catches things Norton does not, and it doesn't try to take over your computer."
Roger that- I did the same thing. Norton also eats up a ton of system resources, drops .dll files all over your system and their utility package causes more issues than it resolves. Now that it looks like Trend Micro is going to start charging to upgrade on a yearly basis in order to continuing updating your definitions; I'm considering going over to that AVG free anti-virus. Anyone got any feedback on whether the freebie solution is solid? Can you have it automatically download and install updates invisibly in the bacground on a daily basis?
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posted on
12/23/2005 9:59:09 AM PST
by
joebuck
To: Necrovore
Thanks. Yeah, the list needs updating. I'll have to update it in the near future. I got the original list from FReeper "backhoe," I think, probably 12 - 14 months ago.
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posted on
12/23/2005 9:59:44 AM PST
by
jdm
(I'm not blunting.)
To: joebuck
"Anyone got any feedback on whether the freebie solution is solid? Can you have it automatically download and install updates invisibly in the bacground on a daily basis?"
LOL guess I should have read the entire thread before posting, as I see my question is answered many times above. Looks like it's AVG for me as soon as Trend Micro asks for more money to continue updating virus definitions.
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posted on
12/23/2005 10:02:16 AM PST
by
joebuck
To: American in Singapore
Thanks for your comments.
What is your opinion on dropping Norton in favor of AVG, Nod32, McAfee, BitDefender, or Sophos , etc.
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posted on
12/23/2005 10:02:59 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: jdm
To: george76
I'm not American in Tokyo, but my observation is that people who have been loyal to Norton stay loyal to Norton, regardless of how the product performs today vs. when they first started using it.
I would ditch Norton and use AVG instead. And then update and run Ad-Aware and SpyBot every other week and only update and run the free online scans, i.e., Trend Micro, Panda, BitDefender if you suspect your computer is really messed up.
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posted on
12/23/2005 10:12:43 AM PST
by
jdm
(I'm not blunting.)
To: Principled
I'll FReepmail you an updated list when it's available. I should have been more careful before posting all those links. Some of the links are outdated and no longer active. I'm working on a new, improved list. Stay tuned.
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posted on
12/23/2005 10:14:12 AM PST
by
jdm
(I'm not blunting.)
To: jdm
Placemarker so I can send links to folks still running on microsoft's treadmill.
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posted on
12/23/2005 10:16:08 AM PST
by
zeugma
(Warning: Self-referential object does not reference itself.)
To: NoClones
Yep. I used Norton Utilities regularly up through the 2003 edition. When I tried to install the 2004 edition, it hosed my system and it took hours to fix.
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posted on
12/23/2005 10:16:15 AM PST
by
steve-b
(A desire not to butt into other people's business is eighty percent of all human wisdom)
To: jdm
To: george76
To: george76
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posted on
12/23/2005 10:20:34 AM PST
by
Scarchin
(www.classdismissedblog.com.)
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