Re: nod32 plugin for The Bat! ??
Hello S J Love, zondag 1 februari 2004, 5:53:42, you wrote: SJL Anyway ...is there a NOD32 plugin? Yes there is, you can find it here (site is in German) http://www.thebatworld.de/modules/download/index.php?op=viewlinkdetailslid=33ttitle=Nod_32 -- Kind regards, Gerda Ilmer Using The Bat! v2.03 Beta/50 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 Current version is 2.02.3 CE | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: nod32 plugin for The Bat!?
* Clive Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Anyway ...is there a NOD32 plugin? Not for v2 ? and you don?t need one anyway, because NOD32 will intercept infected mail at a system level and, believe me, you WILL get a notification if there?s a virus in your mail! I don't believe you because even NOD32 does not detect /new/ viruses. IMHO this is an important fact many users seem to forget these days. Carsten -- Current version is 2.02.3 CE | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: nod32 plugin for The Bat!?
* Clive Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Carsten, I don't believe you because even NOD32 does not detect /new/ viruses. IMHO this is an important fact many users seem to forget these days What do you mean NOD32 does not detect new viruses? I mean virus scanners don't detect unknown viruses. This web page is in German but it shows in detail how quickly AV companies provided virus definitions for ... Win32/Bagle worm: http://www.pcwelt.de/news/viren_bugs/37070/2.html Win32/Xombe trojan horse: http://www.pcwelt.de/news/viren_bugs/37070/3.html And here's something very nice from Symantec: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/refa.html#iudefs | Virus Definitions (Intelligent UpdaterTM) | | [...] The virus definitions are posted on U.S. business days (Monday | through Friday) and can be downloaded from the Symantec Security | Response Web site and manually installed. | | [...] | | Home users: While it is possible, it is not absolutely necessary for | you to download and install the Intelligent Updater definitions | daily. [...] Interesting. Now see how quickly the latest worms spread over the internet and compare that to the delay of virus definition updates. It's one of the best out there at detecting viruses and updating itself against new threats. I think you are absolutely right (although I don't know NOD32). The question is: is »one of the best« or even »the best« enough to prevent such worm floods in the future. The answer is: no. Users have to be educated *not* *to* *trust* their anti virus tools. There always is a time frame from several hours to two or more days when these tools are unable to find brand new malware. Another question: is this really a problem? I see much too many people trusting their AV tools ultimately telling me »how on earth can this e-mail contain malware when my virus scanner keeps quiet?« Those users have to learn how to detect dangerous mail content with their eyes only. I think this is possible. To make it short, I think todays mail worm are not at all a technical problem but an educational one. It's proven - especiall? here in the past few days with the MyDoom worm. MyDoom prooves only one thing: users are not very, erm, clever or use the wrong mail client ... ;-) Carsten -- Current version is 2.02.3 CE | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: nod32 plugin for The Bat!?
Hello Carsten Thank you for your email dated Sunday, February 1, 2004, 5:44:39 PM, in which you wrote: What do you mean NOD32 does not detect new viruses? CT I mean virus scanners don't detect unknown viruses. Unless they are caught by Nod's heuristic detection. -- Regards William http://www.residues.info Flying with The Bat! www.ritlabs.com/the_bat Windows 2000 Pro 2195 Service Pack 4 Current version is 2.02.3 CE | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
