Although President Alex says VIPRE is the best, he also points out that the *s doing Spyware2009, etc, are changing it rapidly so as to evade.
They have a special support team which will work with infected users on an individual basis, and they are very good (I had to use them for something else a couple of years ago). -------------------------------------- Richard McClary, Systems Administrator ASPCA Knowledge Management 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org "Cesare' A. Ramos" <[email protected]> wrote on 01/14/2009 01:49:04 PM: > I know this is not the Vipre nor CounterSpy thread but wanted to get > feedback from others on this one. > > We had a system that was running CounterSpy and had the latest > patches but the all wise user that was using it, somehow chose to > installed Spyware 2009 as they made the decision they were not > protected. The application installed and Counterspy was disabled. > That is where it began.. > > We tried some scans with the machine being up using CounterSpy, > Vipre, and Malwarebytes. We came across different issues. We made > the decision to pull the drive and run the scans from a host system > with the drive connected as a slave. Vipre found some issues and > addressed them. We then ran Malwarebytes and more malware was found > including Spyware 2009. We reran Vipre but reported that all was > clean. We ended up using Malwarebytes and all was cleaned. > > I understand that there is no silver bullet but I would think that > if Vipre found Spyware 2008, which was also on the system, it should > have atleast found Spyware 2009. > > Thoughts.. Has anyone come across the Spyware 2008 / 2009 or Anti- > Virus 2008 / 2009 family? > > CAR > > > This e-Mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this e-Mail in error please > notify the sender via returned e-Mail. Please note that any views or > opinions presented in this e-Mail are solely those of the author and > do not necessarily represent those of the company. Although IDF > operates anti-virus programs, it does not accept responsibility for > any damage whatsoever that is caused by viruses being passed. > > ** Think before you print this message. ** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
