No, not if you go with on-line scanners that are recommended by IT magazines. You won't get a recommendation from a professional to sites that scam people like that. There are a few other good on-line sites, but I use Sophos. It updates when you open it and runs a complete scan. There are some other sites that you can get a link and run from your flash-drive in safe mode.
Of course, this isn't doable with Jaws, but it can be done with a registry hack using other screen readers. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Lee To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2015 1:32 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] AVG Virus protection that's true, but then if you do an online virus scan you have to worry is this site telling the truth or is it trying to get me to buy it's adware/virus remover. -----Original Message----- From: Steve Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2015 10:19 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] AVG Virus protection Just because it doesn't find anything doesn't ipso facto mean it is not working or is bad. You can confirm this by doing a scan with an on-line scanner periodically. The likelihood of getting a virus often is dependent on several factors. If you do a lot of file-sharing particularly on torrent sites, practice other stupid habits like opening links from unknown emails, not checking shortened links with a link examining program like http://longurl.org/ and open unexpected atta chments, you are more likely to encounter a virus. Secondly, some anti-virus programs find a lot more things they identify as viruses that aren't; these are known as "false positives". Look on the web for third-party virus testing labs that often rank the effectiveness of both paid and free anti-virus programs. If you do some of the questionable practices noted above, you'll want a very good program with advanced heuristics; you may even put up with one that may score higher on false positives. As I've stated before, I value accessibility and something that isn't a hog on system resources. I feel comfortable using MSSE and feel comfortable recommending it to my customers unless I know they are or tend to engage in riskier activities. Take my advice, I don't use it anyway. Steve Lansing, MI ----- Original Message ----- From: Fred Adams To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 6:51 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] AVG Virus protection I am using MSE virus protection now and it never seems to find anything. I am leaning toward AVG but still looking. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Shane Hecker Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2015 11:31 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] AVG Virus protection It's reasonably accessible. The most accessible virus protection I currently know of that is free is Microsoft Security Essentials. I'd stay away from that program as it misses a lot of threats. Shane On 3/26/2015 7:14 PM, Fred Adams wrote: > Is anyone on the list using AVG? If so, what do you think of it? > Seems like jaws friendly virus protection is getting harder to find. > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
