Re: How secure is your Windows Computer?
From: FromTheRafters (!0000_at_nomad.fake)
Date: 05/24/04
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Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 16:48:33 -0400
"Lars M. Hansen" <badnews@hansenonline.net> wrote in message news:p6k4b0tkfvu5evs2i4rj11u6m6djc7peet@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 24 May 2004 11:45:11 -0400, FromTheRafters spoketh
>
> >
> >I disagree, for what should be obvious reasons. Quarantine is the best
> >option until you can determine if it is safe to delete the file. NEVER
> >have your AV set to automatically delete anything (except possibly
> >malware detected in downloads such as some e-mail scanners may
> >find - you know that you don't need those).
> >
> >I would much rather see a dialog box asking:
> >
> >Delete inbox.dbx?
> >
> >[ ] yes
> >[ ] no
> >
> >Than finding all of my e-mail gone.
> >
>
> I will assume that the "delete" policy was in reference to scanning
> mail, not on-demand, manual or scheduled scans of the file system.
I don't use e-mail scanning, but I wonder if that "delete" policy is
selectable between the different types of scan. Even if so, in lieu
of having the AV constantly annoy me with "what do you want to
do?" prompts, I would much rather have it set to silently quarantine
than silently delete because AV can false positive on e-mails too.
You would be surprised at how many people trust their AV to
silently delete what it thinks is malware.
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