Re: How secure is your Windows Computer?

From: Lars M. Hansen (badnews_at_hansenonline.net)
Date: 05/24/04


Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 19:50:44 GMT

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.

Lars M. Hansen
www.hansenonline.net
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