Which of the following do you recommend for anti-virus ware?

RJK · Nov 2, 2007

I was referring to an earlier comment I made ...I think on this thread,

....where I mentioned that a few months ago I "trialled" Kaspersky Internet

Security suite, on several PC's, and it was unhappy in all of them !!

regards, Richard

"Kayman" <kaymanNoSpam@operamail.com> wrote in message

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> On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 01:17:10 -0000, RJK wrote:

>> ...I always suspected that Kaspersky was a heap of **** !

>>

>> regards, Richard

>>

>> "Kayman" <kaymanNoSpam@operamail.com> wrote in message

>> news:b9cg0bg4l40a.cs00kn6jy93u$.dlg@40tude.net...

>>> On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:22:47 -0000, Luke wrote:

>>>

>>>> Go for Kasperspy... nice and easy.

>>>

>>> Yeah, right!

>>>

>>> http://forum.kaspersky.com/index.php?showtopic=14995&st=500

>>>

>>> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sa=X&oi...spersky&spell=1

>

> The protection provided by KAV seems excellent, but their handling of a

> long-running problem with CHKDSK has undermined the faith of many users in

> the company.

>

> This might be the reason as to why AOL dropped Kaspersky?????

>

> In Kaspersky forum people are divided by this issue but I sense that

> discomfort even with senior moderators... - as no definite answer/fix is

> offered.

>

> It all could be FUD though... style_emoticons/

rubyjack · Nov 4, 2007

I apologize for not responding to the kind replies. I crashed OE6, and just

got it back up and running. I can't wait to read what has been posted!

Thanks,

Dan Hacker

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"rubyjack" <rubyjack@frontiernet.net> wrote in message

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> I have the following choices to install as anti-virus ware/suite (my

> NortonWorks is expiring). The price ranges from $0 to $40 to install (all

> legit, I have some on hand).

>

> Norton SystemWorks

> Norton 360

> MacAfee 2007

> Panda 2007

> Kaspersky 6.0

>

> Your help would be appreciated,

> Dan Hacker

>

> --

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> Thousands of years ago cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never

> forgotten this. -- Danbury Mint

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>

rubyjack · Nov 4, 2007

Kinda makes his comments suspect, doesn't it?

Dan

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"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com> wrote in message

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> "The Symantec Corporate installations are pirated."

> Am I missing something?

> Or are you admitting to theft?

>

> --

> Jupiter Jones [MVP]

> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar

> http://www.dts-l.org

>

>

> "Virus Guy" <Virus@Guy.com> wrote in message

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> > RJK wrote:

> >

> >> ...above this post a little, you said that you are yourself

> >> using an older version of NAV,

> >

> > I manage about a dozen PC's. On most of them, I either have NAV

> > 2002,

> > or Symantec corporate (version 8 I think). I've only ever paid for

> > 1

> > copy of NAV 2002, and that was at a swap meet in 2003. The Symantec

> > Corporate installations are pirated.

> >

> > On my own 2 PC's, I've allowed my NAV 2002 to expire (I've

> > uninstalled

> > them to stop them from nagging me about their expired status). All

> > it

> > takes to re-activate them is to copy the file

> > "catalog.livesubscribe"

> > from any of the other systems that haven't expired yet.

> >

> > I also run a real time registry monitor made by "The Cleaner" (also

> > a

> > bootlegged copy).

> >

> >> ...here on this part of this thread - you pointed out that viruses

> >> like "storm" have been deactivating AV programs,

> >

> > Yes.

> >

> >> ...so you are aware of this danger, and yet you are using an

> >> ancient a/v program !

> >

> > The age of the program is not relavent - and might even be an

> > advantage. The Storm "thing" has a built-in list of process names

> > that it looks for. Using an old (ancient) piece of AV software

> > might

> > be an advantage - assuming that the same process name isin't being

> > used in more modern versions. And even though NAV 2002 is old, it

> > updates itself via Symantec's "LiveUpdate" with the most current

> > virus

> > definitions and scan engine.

> >

> >> ...malware that's programmed to deactivate AV software is just

> >> one of the reasons that many major AV application software

> >> vendors, (like AVG), are continually modifying their core

> >> files !

> >

> > What they need to do is give their program modules different names

> > (random process names) so that things like Storm can't identify them

> > at run time.

> >

> >> ...and this is one aspect of the "preventing malware /

> >> multi-layered internet security approach,"

> >

> > I run win-98 on my systems. That's the most effective "layer" going

> > (besides running Linux or Mac OS I guess).

> >

> > It's a lot harder to run a root-kit on Windows 9x, and it's a way

> > easier to identify, and delete malware on a win-98 box (fat-32 makes

> > things easier compared to NTFS). In the 8 years we've been running

> > win-98 on most of our systems, I think there have only been 2

> > infections, and those were prior to 2004. In fact, our win-98

> > systems

> > were directly facing the internet (no firewall, no NAT router) up

> > until the end of 2005 and none were ever hit with a network worm,

> > port-scan, etc. We've had about 1/2 dozen occurrances of malware on

> > our handful of NT and 2K machines over the same time frame.

>

rubyjack · Nov 4, 2007

Wow! The first message that actually attempts to answer my question.

I don't think I'll go out and buy Kaspersky 7.0 since I have a brand new,

uninstalled copy of 6.0. I had been leaning toward K6.0 based on other

things I heard. Norton SystemWorks has done right by me, but they want $40

for another year's license. K6.0 costs me nothing to install (I got it

early this year for $0 thanks to a Staples rebate).

But this Anti-Hacker thing has got me a bit worried

Dan Hacker

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"Luke" <luke.skinner@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message

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> Go for Kasperspy... nice and easy. Anti Spam. Virus. Malware. Anti Spy.

Anti

> Hacker and Proactive Defence.

> Plus another good thing is its not a memory hog. 0-1% at all times...

during

> scans its about 5% of CPU. It does updates everyhour to make sure your up

to

> date. And you dont need to do it , automatic and even when it updates it

> takes minutes! No restart or anything. When i had norton i had 5 different

> infections (viruses, Adware and trojans). suposidly norton "Deleted"

them...

> lol. When i got kasperspy it quarintined them all style_emoticons/ . And no i didnt

> quarintime them in norton... before you say thats why they were there.

>

> PS: kasperspy 7 is out now. And its easy to get around and it looks much

> nicer than before! SUPER SMILEY style_emoticons/

>

> luke

>

>

>

>

> "rubyjack" <rubyjack@frontiernet.net> wrote in message

> news:e0bMGX%23FIHA.6068@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> >I have the following choices to install as anti-virus ware/suite (my

> > NortonWorks is expiring). The price ranges from $0 to $40 to install

(all

> > legit, I have some on hand).

> >

> > Norton SystemWorks

> > Norton 360

> > MacAfee 2007

> > Panda 2007

> > Kaspersky 6.0

> >

> > Your help would be appreciated,

> > Dan Hacker

> >

> > --

> >

> > -----------

> > Thousands of years ago cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never

> > forgotten this. -- Danbury Mint

> > -----------

> >

> >

>

rubyjack · Nov 4, 2007

Yuuchhhh! Thanks for the warning.

Dan

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"Kayman" <kaymanNoSpam@operamail.com> wrote in message

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> On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:22:47 -0000, Luke wrote:

>

> > Go for Kasperspy... nice and easy.

>

> Yeah, right!

>

>

http://forum.kaspersky.com/index.php?showtopic=14995&st=500

>

>

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sa=X&oi...spersky&spell=1

Soroush · Apr 18, 2008

NOD32 is the best

"rubyjack" wrote:



> I have the following choices to install as anti-virus ware/suite (my

> NortonWorks is expiring). The price ranges from $0 to $40 to install (all

> legit, I have some on hand).

>

> Norton SystemWorks

> Norton 360

> MacAfee 2007

> Panda 2007

> Kaspersky 6.0

>

> Your help would be appreciated,

> Dan Hacker

>

> --

>

> -----------

> Thousands of years ago cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never

> forgotten this. -- Danbury Mint

> -----------

>

>

>

Straight Talk · Apr 18, 2008

On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:34:00 -0700, Soroush

<Soroush@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:



>

>NOD32 is the best

So is ice cream.

Kayman · Apr 18, 2008

On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:37:24 GMT, Straight Talk wrote:



> On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:34:00 -0700, Soroush

> <Soroush@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> 

>>

>>NOD32 is the best

>

> So is ice cream.

Only if it's chocolate flavored

Urbane Tiger · Apr 18, 2008

On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:34:00 -0700, Soroush <Soroush@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:



>

>NOD32 is the best

>

>

>"rubyjack" wrote:

>

>> I have the following choices to install as anti-virus ware/suite (my

>> NortonWorks is expiring). The price ranges from $0 to $40 to install (all

>> legit, I have some on hand).

>>

>> Norton SystemWorks

>> Norton 360

>> MacAfee 2007

>> Panda 2007

>> Kaspersky 6.0

>>

>> Your help would be appreciated,

>> Dan Hacker

>> 

I'm a novice in this domain - but I suspect like most things - the best depends on what week it is, the size of your

grandmother's left Wellington boot and the current position of my cat's tail.

I know that's not helpful, but I thought I'd lighten us all up a little. I just got my first virus since I got my first

PC in 1984, aren't I lucky.



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C.B. · Apr 19, 2008

"Soroush" <Soroush@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>

> NOD32 is the best

>

>

> "rubyjack" wrote:

>

>> I have the following choices to install as anti-virus ware/suite (my

>> NortonWorks is expiring). The price ranges from $0 to $40 to install

>> (all

>> legit, I have some on hand).

>>

>> Norton SystemWorks

>> Norton 360

>> MacAfee 2007

>> Panda 2007

>> Kaspersky 6.0

>>

>> Your help would be appreciated,

>> Dan Hacker

>>

>> --

>>

>> -----------

>> Thousands of years ago cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never

>> forgotten this. -- Danbury Mint

>> -----------

>>

>>

>>

Yes, definitely NOD32, although Kaspersky is good also. I would never

recommend anything Norton or McAfee.

I base my opinion on personal use of all these products.

C.B.

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and unfortunate among us.

RJK · Apr 19, 2008

"Soroush" <Soroush@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>

> NOD32 is the best

>

>

> "rubyjack" wrote:

>

>> I have the following choices to install as anti-virus ware/suite (my

>> NortonWorks is expiring). The price ranges from $0 to $40 to install

>> (all

>> legit, I have some on hand).

>>

>> Norton SystemWorks

>> Norton 360

>> MacAfee 2007

>> Panda 2007

>> Kaspersky 6.0

>>

>> Your help would be appreciated,

>> Dan Hacker

>>

>> --

>>

>> -----------

>> Thousands of years ago cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never

>> forgotten this. -- Danbury Mint

>> -----------

>>

>>

>>

Almost a couple of years ago, my brother in Bournemouths' PC got his first

virus after many years of not getting one. He had been using ebay searching

for a laptop, and visited a computer "vendor's" ebay shop, ...and his PC

contracted malware from there. I can't remember the name of it now but,

his a/v+anti-spyware program, (after it's real-time scanner had obviously

failed to spot the malware), detected it but, couldn't deal with it properly

in Windows Normal mode. I had to travel to Bournemouth and deal with it.

I kept a note of the virus name but, do you think I can find it now - I

cannot !!

regards, Richard

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