Hello Thomas, Wednesday, March 5, 2003, 9:20:07 PM, you wrote:
TF> Hello Melissa, TF> On Wed, 5 Mar 2003 12:43:38 -0800 GMT (06/03/03, 03:43 +0700 GMT), TF> Melissa Reese wrote: >> I'm all for good freeware programs (and thankful to the generous >> programmers who offer them), but I'm also happy to pay for software if >> I feel it will do a better job than competing freeware (perhaps >> especially with regards to security software). There are free email >> clients out there. Why do we happily pay for TB!? TF> Because we get a 30-day trial period. TF> I am using PC-Cillin, and while I am quite happy with it, it does not TF> reliably catch viruses that are in attached files when downloading TF> mails. PC-Cillin is not very good. Independent testing done by virus bulletin clearly shows this. It has 4 passes and 7 failures. http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archives/products.xml?trend.xml trend micro makes pc-cillin. TF> If NOD32 (which gets the most praise on this list) offers a trial TF> period, I am willing to look into it. Does it? yes it does. trial version may be obtained here. http://www.nod32.com/download/trial.htm also if you wish to look at the succes as verified by virus bulletin then go here. http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archives/products.xml?eset.xml 21 passes and only 3 failures. Simply the best. Beats norton. TF> One question to those people who said ion an earlier thread they don't TF> use virus scanners but rely on "common sense": how do you tell whether TF> a .doc file has a macro virus if you don't use a virus scanner? Do you TF> open the file in hex editor and scan with your eyes? If so, I admire TF> you if you can spot the code faster than a virus scanner. In fact, I TF> think you could make a lot of money on TV shows like "Ripley's Believe TF> it or not". ;-) LOL. I totally agree with you. These same people would probably try to sell you some prime beach front property in florida at low tide. -- Best regards, rick ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
