RE: Home Antivirus

2012-02-16 Thread James Hill
and taking away the keyboard and mouse J From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, 14 February 2012 5:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Home Antivirus One doesn't have to be an admin to infect one's own user profile. That's also why non-admins can install

Re: Home Antivirus

2012-02-16 Thread James Rankin
:* RE: Home Antivirus ** ** One doesn't have to be an admin to infect one's own user profile. That's also why non-admins can install Chrome – it installs into the user profile. But a non-admin has a better chance of avoiding a rootkit. ** ** Carl ** ** *From:* ntsysadmin

RE: Home Antivirus

2012-02-16 Thread James Hill
Lol! It's still an issue if the keyboard and mouse are plugged in though J From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Friday, 17 February 2012 7:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Home Antivirus You forgot get a Mac :-) On 16 February 2012 20:56, James Hill falc

Re: Home Antivirus

2012-02-14 Thread Matthew W. Ross
. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: MMF [mailto:mmfree...@ameritech.net] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:55:29 -0800 Subject: Re: Home Antivirus Any comments on AVG? I’ve been using

RE: Home Antivirus

2012-02-14 Thread Randal, Phil
] Sent: 14 February 2012 06:59 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Home Antivirus Haven't noticed AVG being that bad on CPU lately, but that might be because I rarely watch it run on single cores. But with lower CPU intensity comes lesser detection. See the virusbtn RAP chart. MSSE has

Re: Home Antivirus

2012-02-14 Thread Andrew S. Baker
:* Cynicalgeek mailto:cynicalg...@gmail.com *Sent:* Monday, February 13, 2012 7:27 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.**sunbelt-software.comntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *Subject:* Re: Home Antivirus The same things that infect MSSE also infect McAfee

RE: Home Antivirus

2012-02-14 Thread Maglinger, Paul
“That’s no moon.” From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 7:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Home Antivirus But it's not McAfee!! Which, right now, is McFree! (After rebate.) On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Ben Scott mailvor

RE: Home Antivirus

2012-02-14 Thread Heaton, Joseph@DFG
: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com]mailto:[mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] Sent: 14 February 2012 06:59 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Home Antivirus Haven't noticed AVG being that bad on CPU lately, but that might be because I rarely watch it run on single cores. But with lower

RE: Home Antivirus

2012-02-14 Thread Richard McClary
Naw… phone company, power company, internet provider, cable company, etc all talk like pirates when they notify you of rate changes. From: Heaton, Joseph@DFG [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 9:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Home Antivirus Plus, you

Re: Home Antivirus

2012-02-14 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 3:23 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: You couldnt pay me to put McCrappy on any of my computers. Unlike ME2, I'm willing to negotiate. Let the bidding start at $10,000 per PC per year. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a

RE: Home Antivirus

2012-02-13 Thread ntsysadmin
About 50% of the PCs I clean for people have McAfee installed. Definitely not at the top of the list for me. Was that spam anyway? :) From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 7:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Home Antivirus Hurry up! Time's

Re: Home Antivirus

2012-02-13 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 7:45 PM, Richard Stovall rich...@gmail.com wrote: Hurry up!  Time's almost out on the deal to get McAfee free for 3PCs. http://preview.tinyurl.com/77u2zry Receive a $55 prepaid card by mail from McAfee! Expires on 2/15/12 So in two days, the Internet will be a safer

RE: Home Antivirus

2012-02-13 Thread ntsysadmin
Lol, sorry, I thought your mail account might have been hijacked by a spammer. Don’t forgot to use those sarcasm tags next time. :) From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 8:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Home Antivirus Not unless sarcasm

Re: Home Antivirus

2012-02-13 Thread Jonathan Link
TAANSTAFL On Monday, February 13, 2012, Richard Stovall rich...@gmail.com wrote: But it's not McAfee!! Which, right now, is McFree! (After rebate.) On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 7:45 PM, Richard Stovall rich...@gmail.com

Re: Home Antivirus

2012-02-13 Thread MMF
Any comments on AVG? I’ve been using it for several years and it hasn’t failed me yet! MMF From: Cynicalgeek Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 7:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Home Antivirus The same things that infect MSSE also infect McAfee, Norton, et al. If you're going

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2012-02-13 Thread Rod Trent
Subject: Re: Home Antivirus The same things that infect MSSE also infect McAfee, Norton, et al. If you're going the paid route, supposedly Kaspersky is the absolute best. I've been using MSSE for almost 2.5 years and have been very pleased. On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Ben Scott mailvor

RE: Home Antivirus

2012-02-13 Thread ntsysadmin
...@ameritech.net] Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 8:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Home Antivirus Any comments on AVG? I’ve been using it for several years and it hasn’t failed me yet! MMF From: Cynicalgeekmailto:cynicalg...@gmail.com Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 7:27 PM To: NT System

Re: Home Antivirus

2012-02-13 Thread Jon Harris
on AVG? I’ve been using it for several years and it hasn’t failed me yet! MMF *From:* Cynicalgeek cynicalg...@gmail.com *Sent:* Monday, February 13, 2012 7:27 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *Subject:* Re: Home Antivirus The same things that infect

Re: Home Antivirus

2012-02-13 Thread Bill Humphries
*From:* Cynicalgeek mailto:cynicalg...@gmail.com *Sent:* Monday, February 13, 2012 7:27 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *Subject:* Re: Home Antivirus The same things that infect MSSE also infect McAfee, Norton, et al

RE: Home Antivirus

2012-02-13 Thread ntsysadmin
installation. We never did determine the source of the malware. Thanks, Mike From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 9:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Home Antivirus From personal experience it does not matter how good the anti-malware

RE: Home Antivirus

2012-02-13 Thread Carl Houseman
, February 13, 2012 7:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Re: Home Antivirus The same things that infect MSSE also infect McAfee, Norton, et al. If you're going the paid route, supposedly Kaspersky is the absolute best. I've been

RE: Home Antivirus

2012-02-13 Thread Carl Houseman
, 2012 10:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Home Antivirus How much less likely is one to get infected running as a non-admin? Does it depend on the OS? I ask because I've cleaned up infections on Windows7 Pro PCs where the user was definitely not running as an admin. One PC in question