Malware is short for "malicious software." Is a computer virus not considered malware?
IMWTK Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "David" <davidwhitehead1...@cogeco.ca> To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 8:09 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] virus programs, Hello there; Well, if you go to: www.ninite.com you can get the free version of ad-aware 9.0, I suspect it's only for malware, However, perhaps the paid version supports more tasks, Such as fire wall, virus protection, Anyway, I told my friend, she should at least be running 2 program, one malware, protective program, and one virus program. -----Original Message----- From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of JM Casey Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 7:49 AM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] virus programs, Ad-aware is indeed for ad-ware only. What's more, I thought the programme wasn't made anymore? Maybe I'm wrong and it's simply not very screenreader-friendly like it used to be. Anyway, your friend should run one (1) AntiVirus programme and one (1) spyware/ad-ware software in memory..that is, one each. Also good to have a backup scanner that you can use, without a resident component. I find that Malware-bytes works very well for this purpose..it's caught things that neither Spybot nor McAfee (at work) have been able to remove. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David" <davidwhitehead1...@cogeco.ca> To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 7:34 AM Subject: [Blind-Computing] virus programs, > Hello to all; > I'm asking behalf of a friend, > Regarding ad-aware, > 1, is it screen reader friendly? > 2, is it both a virus, and malware program? > Other words what is the difference between paid and free version, > I'm not sure but I think my friend was given the wrong advice, she was > told > that, > No need to run MSE just run ad-aware for protection. > I seem to recall, that ad-aware is just a malware protection program. > In advance thanks > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
