Re: very ot: what antivirus program?
Hi Melissa! In message mid:5211301957.20021030005223@;calarts.edu on Wednesday, October 30, 2002, 2:52:23 AM, you wrote: MR> scanner. After all...if the program didn't catch something on its way MR> in, why would you expect it to catch it on the way out? :-) Is your name "Typhoid Mary"? :) -- --Scott. mailto:Wizard@;local.nu Using The Bat! 1.61 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 on an AMD Athlon XP 1900 (1.6G real, 1.9G effective) with 512MB. Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: very ot: what antivirus program?
Hi David, On Wednesday, October 30, 2002 18:52 your local time, (Thursday, 05:37 my local time), you [DRA] wrote: DRA> Your experiences with NAV anybody? A devout NAV user for past six years, I've recently switched to AVG because I wanted a TB! plug-in functionality. Another thing about NAV is it's too big ! Also, I don't like the way Symantec installs two extra applications, i.e. LiveReg and LiveUpdate alongside NAV. Otherwise, I've had no problems whatsoever with NAV for past six years. -- be well, Sudip Pokhrel |/"\ PM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |\ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign PGP Key ID: 0xD93F5185| X Against HTML E-mail ! http://pgpkeys.mit.edu|/ \ ___ Refuse Novocain... Transcend Dental Medication ___ TB! v1.61 on XP Pro| P4-1.6Ghz 256MB RAM| Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: very ot: what antivirus program?
Hello Melissa, Wednesday, October 30, 2002, 2:52:23 AM, you wrote: > If you're generally careful, and use a good anti-virus as a backup to > your safe hex practices, there's really no need for an "outgoing" > scanner. I disagree :) > After all...if the program didn't catch something on its way > in, why would you expect it to catch it on the way out? :-) 1) Because we've already seen that message fragments get around virus detection both of an external scanner and of the scanner plugins. The Bat! will reassemble the already checked parts into a virus infected payload. In other words, it *wasn't* a detectable virus when the scanner first checked it but it *is* a detectable virus if I were to forward the message to someone else. 2) Because no matter how good the scanner, virus definitions lag behind initial propagation. It's possible that when the message was received the identification was not in the database but when I try and send/forward the message the updated database will catch it. -- Best regards, Lourdes Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[3]: very ot: what antivirus program?
Hello, Barry2 and all: I am successfully using Norton Anti-Virus and ChoiceMail (to catch spam) with The Bat. NAV quarantines a worm or virus about once a day. Only disappointment is that the NAV subscription price seems to have (virtually) gone through the roof over the past year. Perhaps because I just had to buy a whole new product from Norton, NAV 2002. Your experiences with NAV anybody? Best regards, David Wednesday, October 30, 2002, 2:05:17 PM, you wrote: B> Hello Melissa, B> Wednesday, October 30, 2002, 8:52:23 AM, you wrote: -- Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: very ot: what antivirus program?
Hello Melissa, Wednesday, October 30, 2002, 8:52:23 AM, you wrote: MR> If you're generally careful, and use a good anti-virus as a backup MR> to your safe hex practices, there's really no need for an MR> "outgoing" scanner. After all...if the program didn't catch MR> something on its way in, why would you expect it to catch it on MR> the way out? :-) That's an excellent point you make there, well put !!! -- Best regards, Barry2 Using The Bat! v1.61 on Windows 98 4.10 Build Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: very ot: what antivirus program?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday, October 30, 2002, at 12:04:21 AM PDT, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > ...i wonder what people suggest i use as a good virus scanner that > works well with Tb!. After having tried and/or used several different AV programs, I've been very happy with NOD32 for the past year and a half. If you're generally careful, and use a good anti-virus as a backup to your safe hex practices, there's really no need for an "outgoing" scanner. After all...if the program didn't catch something on its way in, why would you expect it to catch it on the way out? :-) Melissa - -- PGP public keys: mailto:pgp_keys@;gmx.co.uk?subject=0xFB04F2E9&Body=Please%20send%20keys -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iEYEARECAAYFAj2/nZsACgkQjVbXUvsE8unyYQCfW8ntWPVsKfUXt5hanpXb7+i/ EfIAn27d3PK4SmhX60g0poz4gFrZ0qaf =9r/N -END PGP SIGNATURE- Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
very ot: what antivirus program?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Bat! people, I'm currently using the Ve-com system suite, (formerly Ontrack) virus scanner which has an email scanner that listens for viruses coming through my pop3 account. As i understand it, this works for incoming mail, but there are virus scanners that can scan outgoing mail as well and work with TB. I'm thinking of getting one of those scanners, and was thinking of AVG, but i've now heard that it wasn't very good. At the risk of starting an inflamed discussion, (which isn't my intention), i wonder what people suggest i use as a good virus scanner that works well with Tb!. TIA, - -- - -- /Krister mailto:krister@;bonetmail.com This mail brought to you by The bat! V1.61, on Windows 98 4 10 build Pgp keys available here: Mailto:krister@;bonetmail.com?subject=get_pgp_keys -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0-nr2 (Windows 98) iD8DBQE9v5KQODlJeoMTOQsRAlslAJ43z8pNEQM1pe13l8MPKCp12CWlFgCffzu8 u/5FL62OjHsVCJH7a0o3N8Q= =AQ5F -END PGP SIGNATURE- Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html