Re: antiviral programs scam?

On 14 Apr 2006 10:04:36 -0700, cporro@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

MY QUESTION:
is there a frighten and scam angle to these antiviral programs? i mean
this program did absolutely nothing for me. they took my money.
apparently i "need" them. but the reality i'm experiencing is something
like this. don't download stuff from sketchy porn sites.

Window OSs running without firewalls/antivirus/worm/malware protection
do not run long before becoming infected when connected to the net
regardless of where you might surf.

Some malware has evolved which will disable your AV software. As long
as you are running that Microsoft OS, your odds of getting infections
are real good. Your AntiVirus software is like a car alarm. It works
lots of the time, but once in awhile, you get a breakin.

Once infected, you best choice is format, clean install from cd,
install/enable firewall, download AV database/update, get your OS
updates. There have been articles on how systems were infected while
downloading the updates to prevent the infection.

So what do you do if you want to continue to use your OS.

Buy a router to provide Network Address Translation between you and
your computer. That is your first line of defence. Now worms/malware
crawing the net can not find your computer behind the router to infect
you while you get your antivirus and OS updates installed.

Next, you install some third party mail reader and browsers to help
reduce to malware entry points.

Oh yes, you need to have your AV software getting update every hour
if not sooner.

Then create a user account without system privledges. That is the
account you always use unless doing some updates or installing
software.


At this point, your system is like like driving in a demolition derby.
You have beefed up your car, installed crash bars, using a seat belt
crash helment and crash padding.
Now you can plan on getting knocked out of the race by a Zero Day
Exploit or getting infected with some malware.

My choice, drive with a more secure OS.
.

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