Re: Firewall

From: David H. Lipman (DLipman~nospam~_at_Verizon.Net)
Date: 01/01/04 

Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 20:22:59 -0500

McAfee does have the HIGHEST catch rate. In that sense they have been the leader for a
number of years.

Dave

"Bill Sanderson" <Bill_Sanderson@msn.com.plugh.org> wrote in message
news:%232CGtTA0DHA.604@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
| Opinion is pretty wide open. The 12 month free CA EZ-trust deal is a pretty
| good one.
|
| I'm positively impressed by their update mechanism and frequency--near
| invisible, and updates appear to come out daily just after midnight, from
| what I've been able to spot.
|
| I'm negatively impressed by their detections, though--they have been days to
| a week late on a couple of bugs I've seen recently. On that score, McAfee
| seems to do best as far as I can tell.
|
| Grisofts AVG is a fine product, but I don't like their update mechanism
| much.
|
|
| "Tedd Riggs" <T_Riggs@msn.C0M> wrote in message
| news:eeDRPF1zDHA.1616@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
| > Hi Bruce,
| > Just curious on your comment. What Antivirus program does the DTS/MVP
| > group
| > seem to favor these days ? I know that one was always open to pretty wide
| > opinions. I am hoping I can use something that can be used on WinXP
| > Professional and Windows Server 2003 and later this month on Tablet PC
| > (but
| > that should be the same as WinXP I believe)
| > Thanks
| > Tedd
| >
| > --
| > Tedd Riggs
| >
| > "Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@nospamcableone.net> wrote in message
| > news:vv4e266fpaoma0@corp.supernews.com...
| >> Greetings --
| >>
| >> Given today's Internet environment, only a fool or a masochist
| >> would go on-line without both a firewall and antivirus protection.
| >>
| >>
| >> Bruce Chambers
| >>
| >> --
| >> Help us help you:
| >> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
| >> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
| >>
| >> You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
| >> having both at once. -- RAH
| >>
| >>
| >> "Kathi" <kpletzke@yahoo.com> wrote in message
| >> news:020f01c3cf21$bf564bc0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
| >> > What is a firewall?
| >> >
| >> > Do I need one?
| >> >
| >> > And should I have Antivirus software?
| >>
| >>
| >
| >
|
|

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