Re: Which is THE BEST antivirus
From: Shenan T. Stanley (newshelper_at_hushmail.com)
Date: 09/29/03
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Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 21:26:08 -0500
Naser <naser711@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Shenan for your reply. My Norton antivirus is set
> to autoupdate. I visit Norton website frequently for news
> and manual updates. I have a router with its own firewall
> and, in addition, a 'Tiny' personal firewall installed. I
> have now installed 'The Cleaner' for an additional trojan
> detection and removal. My Windows xp is set to
> automatically receive and install updates and has been so
> ever since I installed it. I have Ad-aware installed. I
> regularly scan my system for viruses. All the main ports
> on my system are either closed or set to stealth mode.
> The only other computer on my small network belongs to me
> with no-one else accessing it. I NEVER open unknown
> attachments. I open them only If I know the source, I
> scan them first anyway. YET, I get trojans and worms.
> Just how vigilant can one be??? If all the above fail,
> even sometimes, then may be something else is wrong. The
> main tool of defence for instance. In my case, it may be
> the AntiVirus.
Although I am glad to hear you do all that (that is more than most, I am
sure) - I do the same for several thousand systems as well as just my own,
yet I can say that I seldom get any viruses or trojans on any of them.
You said you use NAV. I switched to Norton about 5 years ago when it found
things McAfee did not consistently for several weeks. I have no idea how
you are getting all of these trojans and worms when you present yourself as
being a persistent hunter of these evils - and with the proper tools as far
as I can see. Perhaps it is another habit that is getting you infected?
I use P2P applications and such, I get hundreds of emails (spam and
otherwise - that I sort with SpamBayes) each day, I share file space with
hundreds of other users each day, yet I have not experienced what you say
you have. I am honestly trying to find the difference between what you do
to get these trojans and what I do.
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