Re[2]: NOD verses AVG or AntiVir ?

2003-03-12 Thread Mike Alexander
Hi Marck, MDP> Please stop quoting the VB100 report as if they are "the only game MDP> in town". This is misleading and only an opinion - not by any means MDP> the logical conclusion you make it out to be. Yes, I have read their MDP> testing criteria and personally dismiss them as imperfect. AVG i

DEAD HORSE (was [thebatlist] Re: NOD verses AVG or AntiVir ?)

2003-03-12 Thread Marck D Pearlstone
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi rick, @12-Mar-2003, 14:40 -0500 (19:40 UK time) rick [R] in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: R> ... This is also nothing but your gob spewing forth opinion Note: This moderator's interjection is a note to all readers and not just to the person being

Re[3]: NOD verses AVG or AntiVir ?

2003-03-12 Thread Joseph N.
Mark, On Wednesday, March 12, 2003, Mark Partous wrote in : JN>> Was the virus in a zipped archive, and was NOD set to scan archives? MP> Where should one do that? Add it to the list of file extensions? I thought it could be set in Amon, the real-time scanner, but appa

Re[2]: NOD verses AVG or AntiVir ?

2003-03-12 Thread Mark Partous
Hello Joseph, Wednesday, March 12, 2003, 3:50:34 PM, you wrote: JN> Was the virus in a zipped archive, and was NOD set to scan archives? Where should one do that? Add it to the list of file extensions? -- Best Whishes, Mark using The Bat! 1.63 Beta/7

Re: [thebatlist] Re: NOD verses AVG or AntiVir ?

2003-03-12 Thread rick
Hello Kim, Wednesday, March 12, 2003, 7:21:15 AM, you wrote: K> By the way, not to get into a debate, but the term is technically K> "viruses" and not "virii", although admittedly, many people do tend to K> use that term. I know this but I prefer the term virii. -- Best regards, rick

Re: [thebatlist] Re: NOD verses AVG or AntiVir ?

2003-03-12 Thread rick
Hello Marck, Wednesday, March 12, 2003, 6:01:16 AM, you wrote: MDP> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- MDP> Hash: SHA1 MDP> Hi rick, MDP> @12-Mar-2003, 01:03 -0500 (06:03 UK time) rick [R] in MDP> mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: R>> AVG is like swiss cheese when it comes to virus protection. MDP>

Re: NOD verses AVG or AntiVir ?

2003-03-12 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello John, On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 00:48:09 -0600 GMT (12/03/03, 13:48 +0700 GMT), John Morse wrote: TF>> Now this is a "really" scientific approach... > So you want something that science says works, > even if it doesn't work in real life? If it doesn't work in real life, it's not science

Re: NOD verses AVG or AntiVir ?

2003-03-12 Thread John Morse
Joseph N. wrote: JN> Was the virus in a zipped archive, and was NOD set to scan archives? I tried it both ways, zipped and unzipped. NOD did not catch it either way. AntiVir did catch it even zipped. -- Regards, John Morse

Re: NOD verses AVG or AntiVir ?

2003-03-12 Thread Joseph N.
John, On Tuesday, March 11, 2003, John Morse wrote in : JM> I was sent a Virus... my favorite Anti-Virus program Grisoft AVG did JM> not detect it, and I have the latest update! JM> NOD32 did not detect it, yes I downloaded the latest update. JM> I download the Free Anti

Re: NOD verses AVG or AntiVir ?

2003-03-12 Thread David Calvarese
On Wednesday, March 12, 2003 at 23:24:27GMT -0600 (which was 12:24 AM where I live) John Morse wrote and made these points on the subject of "NOD verses AVG or AntiVir ?": JM> I was sent a Virus... my favorite Anti-Virus program Grisoft AVG did JM> not detect it, and I

Re: NOD verses AVG or AntiVir ?

2003-03-12 Thread Kim
Hi Rick, Wednesday, March 12, 2003, 1:03:14 AM, you wrote: > hahahahaha. People get real. NO anti-virus product detects 100% of all > virii. Go and look at the issues of virus bulletin and you > will see in the charts how many virii were missed by each product. > Nod32 consistenly misses fewer vi

Re: NOD verses AVG or AntiVir ?

2003-03-12 Thread Marck D Pearlstone
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi rick, @12-Mar-2003, 01:03 -0500 (06:03 UK time) rick [R] in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: R> AVG is like swiss cheese when it comes to virus protection. Please stop quoting the VB100 report as if they are "the only game in town". This is misleading

Re: NOD verses AVG or AntiVir ?

2003-03-11 Thread John Morse
Melissa Reese wrote: MR> Are we having a bad hair day John? I recommend a hot bath (bubbles MR> too!) and an early bedtime. Come back tomorrow when you're feeling MR> better and read what you've written today. Then forgive yourself. I MR> forgive you. ;-) Yeah I am Melissa, sorry. I'm going

Re: NOD verses AVG or AntiVir ?

2003-03-11 Thread John Morse
rick wrote: r> So again, using your logic. If AVG missed it as well then how is r> AVG better ?? You better re-read the message. I said I no longer use AVG. I "was" using it until it failed just like "NOD" did. I switched to the one that "was" able to find it, and it just so happens it

Re[2]: NOD verses AVG or AntiVir ?

2003-03-11 Thread rick
Hello John, Wednesday, March 12, 2003, 1:46:01 AM, you wrote: JM> Awards mean nothing in "Real-Time" JM> This is the REAL WORLD, and your product failed. JM> Why would a person want a product that only works part time. JM> Do you want me to send you the virus so you can check for yourse

Re: NOD verses AVG or AntiVir ?

2003-03-11 Thread John Morse
Thomas Fernandez wrote: TF> Now this is a "really" scientific approach... So you want something that science says works, even if it doesn't work in real life? Geez -- Regards, John Morse Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" inf

Re: NOD verses AVG or AntiVir ?

2003-03-11 Thread John Morse
rick wrote: r> Wednesday, March 12, 2003, 1:26:40 AM, you wrote: JM>> rick wrote: r>>> Nod32 is addressing that. The new interface is available in the beta 2 r>>> of their latest offering which is available for free. However it is r>>> still beta and their are probably some bugs but this is the f

Re: NOD verses AVG or AntiVir ?

2003-03-11 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello John, On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 00:26:40 -0600 GMT (12/03/03, 13:26 +0700 GMT), John Morse wrote: >It doesn't matter if you get the latest update... NOD the so-called >best antivirus software, is not as good as the free AntiVir >software that is available from Germany!!! >Try it y

Re[2]: NOD verses AVG or AntiVir ?

2003-03-11 Thread rick
Hello John, Wednesday, March 12, 2003, 1:26:40 AM, you wrote: JM> rick wrote: r>> Nod32 is addressing that. The new interface is available in the beta 2 r>> of their latest offering which is available for free. However it is r>> still beta and their are probably some bugs but this is the future

Re: NOD verses AVG or AntiVir ?

2003-03-11 Thread John Morse
rick wrote: r> Nod32 is addressing that. The new interface is available in the beta 2 r> of their latest offering which is available for free. However it is r> still beta and their are probably some bugs but this is the future of r> nod32 and it looks awesome with everything available in one inter

Re[2]: NOD verses AVG or AntiVir ?

2003-03-11 Thread rick
Hello Thomas, Wednesday, March 12, 2003, 1:18:28 AM, you wrote: TF> Hello rick, TF> On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 01:04:44 -0500 GMT (12/03/03, 13:04 +0700 GMT), TF> rick wrote: >> nod32 is not updated from the nod32 green icon nor is it updated from >> the amon interface. It is updated from the control

Re: NOD verses AVG or AntiVir ?

2003-03-11 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello rick, On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 01:04:44 -0500 GMT (12/03/03, 13:04 +0700 GMT), rick wrote: > nod32 is not updated from the nod32 green icon nor is it updated from > the amon interface. It is updated from the control center. It has a CC > on icon when its on the taskbar in right hand corner of wi

Re[2]: NOD verses AVG or AntiVir ?

2003-03-11 Thread rick
Hello Thomas, Wednesday, March 12, 2003, 1:00:19 AM, you wrote: TF> Hello John, TF> On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 23:24:27 -0600 GMT (12/03/03, 12:24 +0700 GMT), TF> John Morse wrote: >> NOD32 did not detect it, yes I downloaded the latest update. TF> How did you do that? I didn't find an "Update Now" b

Re[2]: NOD verses AVG or AntiVir ?

2003-03-11 Thread rick
Hello Kim, Wednesday, March 12, 2003, 12:34:48 AM, you wrote: K> Hi John, K> Wednesday, March 12, 2003, 12:24:27 AM, you wrote: >> I was sent a Virus... my favorite Anti-Virus program Grisoft AVG did >> not detect it, and I have the latest update! >> NOD32 did not detect it, yes I downloaded th

Re: NOD verses AVG or AntiVir ?

2003-03-11 Thread John Morse
Kim wrote: K> Wednesday, March 12, 2003, 12:24:27 AM, you wrote: >> I was sent a Virus... my favorite Anti-Virus program Grisoft AVG did >> not detect it, and I have the latest update! >> NOD32 did not detect it, yes I downloaded the latest update. >> I download the Free Anti-virus software AntiVi

Re: NOD verses AVG or AntiVir ?

2003-03-11 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello John, On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 23:24:27 -0600 GMT (12/03/03, 12:24 +0700 GMT), John Morse wrote: > NOD32 did not detect it, yes I downloaded the latest update. How did you do that? I didn't find an "Update Now" button in the NOD32 interface anywhere. -- Cheers, Thomas. Moderator der deutsch

Re: NOD verses AVG or AntiVir ?

2003-03-11 Thread Kim
Hi John, Wednesday, March 12, 2003, 12:24:27 AM, you wrote: > I was sent a Virus... my favorite Anti-Virus program Grisoft AVG did > not detect it, and I have the latest update! > NOD32 did not detect it, yes I downloaded the latest update. > I download the Free Anti-virus software AntiVir and it

NOD verses AVG or AntiVir ?

2003-03-11 Thread John Morse
I was sent a Virus... my favorite Anti-Virus program Grisoft AVG did not detect it, and I have the latest update! NOD32 did not detect it, yes I downloaded the latest update. I download the Free Anti-virus software AntiVir and it caught it right away. Sorry AVG, I've just switched Anti-Virus softwa