Re[2]: OT: AV - Thanks everyone
Hello Jan, Friday, June 4, 2004, 4:54:49 PM, you wrote: JR> Hi malexander, JR> At 10:38 PM on Thursday, June 03, 2004 you m> wrote the following JR> OT: AV - Thanks everyone: m>> I tired it download NOD32 from the link they gave to me and after two m>> hours their server still wasn't running. Couldn't even ping it. So, I m>> went to Grisoft and downloaded the trial version of AVG. Got it m>> running now - it was easy to set up and, to be honest, I have to m>> check now and again to see the little icon in my SysTray because m>> otherwise I wouldn't know it was there ;-) JR> However, if security is the goal, I think there are many who JR> would say that AVG leaves something to be desired while NOD32 & JR> PC-cillin are generally rated as the best while Norton sometimes JR> conflicts with other programs & McAfee misses too much. I think it depends, to some extent on who you read. I'd not seen anything about NOD32 before it was mentioned here, and I've seen reviews for PC-cillin which were less than impressive. I do intend, whoever, now that I have some protection, on checking out other products as well. Thanks :) JR> Having said all that, I'm sure there will be disagreements but my JR> feeling is better safe than sorry & each to their own. Ideally, what I'd like to do is retire one of our computers and turn it into a sheep dip where I can have 2 or 3 AV products running on consecutively (easy to do with a script to load them in and out of memory) so that everything gets checked multiple times. But that means buying a new computer Which of course, would be newer, faster, shinierI must go and see our bank manager... ;-) -- Best regards, Mike Current version is 2.11.02 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: OT: AV - Thanks everyone
Hello Mary, Friday, June 4, 2004, 5:55:01 PM, you wrote: MB> Hello Jan! MB> On Friday, June 04, 2004, 10:54 AM, you wrote: JR>> ... if security is the goal, I think there are many who would say JR>> that AVG leaves something to be desired while NOD32 & PC-cillin JR>> are generally rated as the best while Norton sometimes conflicts JR>> with other programs & McAfee misses too much. MB> Don't forget F-Secure. Runs three scanning engines, updates as often MB> as the user would like to set it, has heuristic analysis, relatively MB> simple user interface. That;'s what used to be F-Prot. I haven't really investigated it, but know I at least have something I'll take a look at it. MB> Sorry for what just accidentally went, prior to this, my intended MB> message. I'm convinced now to set my configuration to "delayed" rather MB> than "immediate" sending. heheheh. Engage brain before pressing button ;-) -- Best regards, Mike Current version is 2.11.02 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Re[2]: OT: AV
On 1 Jun 2004 at 4:36, Ketil Thorsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote this after talking to me on the radio: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello Marc, > > Tuesday, June 1, 2004, 4:31:54 AM, you wrote: > > m>> So, if anyone sees this - votes please for one or the other ;-) > > ML> AVG carries my vote. Though I use the Professional version on this ML> > machine, I have 2 other machines that use the FreeWare version... with ML> > excellent results and *very* good protection. And yes, the FreeWare ML> > version works with The Bat! through the plug-in. > > Do you have the link to the plugin ? Here is the link to it. ftp://ftp.grisoft.com/pub/softw/thebat/avgbat10us.exe -- Best Regards and 73s, Michael W4MBK The early bird get's the worm -- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 7.0.245 / Virus Database: 262.10.7 - Release Date: 5-31-2004 Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: OT: AV
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Marc, Tuesday, June 1, 2004, 4:31:54 AM, you wrote: m>> So, if anyone sees this - votes please for one or the other ;-) ML> AVG carries my vote. Though I use the Professional version on this ML> machine, I have 2 other machines that use the FreeWare version... with ML> excellent results and *very* good protection. And yes, the FreeWare ML> version works with The Bat! through the plug-in. Do you have the link to the plugin ? - -- Best regards, Ketilmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP SDK 3.0.3 Comment: "" iQA/AwUBQLvrsmR1pVgEU3NbEQLbogCfbaAtUmwLHVgm1K09xRDpudIdgJ8AoJ68 myOLh9nk0Px/8QJqM4/w8kQr =V8k6 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: OT: AV
Hello Mary, Monday, May 31, 2004, 11:11:34 PM, you wrote: MB> Hello Mike! MB> On Monday, May 31, 2004, 5:08 PM, you wrote: m>> So, if anyone sees this - votes please for one or the other ;-) MB> I'll chance getting a trout: Kaspersky. Hi Mary - thatnks for your vote. It's running about 3:2 for AVG at the moment (I've had mails as well) but I'm leaning towards Melissa suggestion of NOD32. According to the Virus Bulletin results it really kicks ass ;-) MB> Please subscribe to tbot right away. :) hahaha! Always meant to, but with UDL and Beta I get loads of messages already. I will do eventually though :) -- Best regards, Mike Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: OT: AV
Hello Ketil, Monday, May 31, 2004, 11:18:44 PM, you wrote: KT> Hello malexander, KT> Tuesday, June 1, 2004, 12:08:05 AM, you wrote: m>> Hi m>> I know this isn't the most appropriate place but... m>> My Norton AV sub runs out in 36 hours. I bought the Norton 2004 m>> update. I've used Norton for years. m>> Guess what? It trashed my computer to the extent that I had to m>> overwrite C: with the last image I made. m>> So,no more Norton. I have two candidates to decide from: m>> AVG or Kaspersky. I'm not registered with TBOT and need a quick vote, m>> so I hope the Moderators will allow me this quick post as I'm short m>> of time (Thanks, Guys, I hope )> KT> I would go for AVG. The reason is that Kaspersky uses LOTS of KT> resources. Thanks. Had quite a few votes for AVG, though, at the moment, I'm leaning towards NOD32 having seen he results in the Virus Bulletin. -- Best regards, Mike Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: OT: AV
Hello Melissa, Monday, May 31, 2004, 11:24:05 PM, you wrote: MR> Hi Mike, MR> On Monday, May 31, 2004, at 3:08:05 PM PST, you wrote: >> So,no more Norton. I have two candidates to decide from: >> AVG or Kaspersky. MR> Of those two, I would favor Kaspersky. However, I feel you'd be even MR> better off with NOD32 from Eset: MR> http://www.nod32.com/ Never heard of it before. But thanks, I'm really glad you mentioned it. I checked it out at Virus Bulletin and it was the best of the lot by a long way. I'm downloading the trial right now! -- Best regards, Mike Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: OT: AV
Hello Simon, Monday, May 31, 2004, 11:28:37 PM, you wrote: m>> AVG or Kaspersky. I'm not registered with TBOT and need a quick vote, m>> so I hope the Moderators will allow me this quick post as I'm short m>> of time (Thanks, Guys, I hope )> SE> I'm using AVG. It has a plugin for The Bat! Does Kaspersky have a SE> plugin for The Bat!? No idea. ;-) I've never used a plug-in. NAV is an external checker and I'd assumed that was the way they all worked... -- Best regards, Mike Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: OT: AV
Hello Martin, Monday, May 31, 2004, 11:38:30 PM, you wrote: MW> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- MW> Hash: SHA1 MW> Hello malexander, MW> On 31 May 2004, 23:08 malexander [M] in MW> mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: M>> AVG or Kaspersky. I'm not registered with TBOT and need a quick vote, M>> so I hope the Moderators will allow me this quick post as I'm short M>> of time (Thanks, Guys, I hope )> MW> What's the rush? Download one and try it. Then the other and see what MW> you like. You could try quite a few... Sophos, Nod32, whatever. Pure panic really I've never caught anything because I'm careful and the thought of having lapsed protection doesn't do my blood pressure any favours. I just took a look at the very interesting Virus Bulletin results... -- Best regards, Mike Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
