It was a transition for me too, and one that has finally
passed. It seems natural to me now.
Curtis, you really MUST post details of the operation and let us see
photos of the 'new' Curtis :)
Happy Christmas
--
Regards
Clive Taylor
Current
Hello Everyone,
I went to my control panel for AVG Free and there I found an
activate button for email scanning. When I clicked it, that seems to
have resolved the issue I was having with AVG Free not being set up to
scan email ... I think/hope. In any event, all looks like it is back
On 23/12/2005 at 2:16:53 PM [GMT -0500], Perry Nelson wrote:
I went to my control panel for AVG Free and there I found an
activate button for email scanning. When I clicked it, that seems to
have resolved the issue I was having with AVG Free not being set up to
scan email ... I think/hope. In
Hi Curtis,
Friday, December 23, 2005, 2:23:47 PM, you wrote:
C When the situation is bizarre, just a patient wait and often the
C problem works its way out since it was some normal setting
C overlooked. :)
Yes, that is often embarrassingly true.
I must say I find it strange referring to
On 23/12/2005 at 2:38:29 PM [GMT -0500], Perry Nelson wrote:
I must say I find it strange referring to you Curtis after having
known you as Allie for so long, though I understand why you made the
change.
I understand. It was a transition for me too, and one that has finally
passed. It seems
a long-time user of both TB and AVG - didn't even realize
there was an AVG plug-in available!
Well, I feel like it's very useful for checking mail even though I'm
lucky that I don't get many viruses, but you never know...
Antje
Using The Bat! v2.00.6 on Windows 98 4.10 Build A
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| Antje
Hello ken,
Wednesday, September 17, 2003, 5:28:57 PM, you wrote:
k Thanks for the catch! I would have continued to miss that one had
k you not pointed it out. I was using a Quick template to reply below
k quotes and must have set up my sig incorrectly.
No problem. That's what we're all here for.
Antje Lehmann wrote:
I use the AVG Anti-Virus plugin. Nothing else so far.
Is this only available for v2 of TB? Is the plug-in for TB or for AVG?
(AVG has an Outlook Express plug-in - is there one for TB???)
I've been a long-time user of both TB and AVG - didn't even realize
there was an AVG
Hello ken,
Wednesday, September 17, 2003, 4:39:39 PM, you wrote:
k --
k ken
Looks like you missed the space after the --
moderator
This moderator's interjection is a note to all readers and not just to
the person being replied to, even if their post may have instigated
this reply. Please
Hello all,
Thursday, September 18, 2003, ken wrote:
Is this only available for v2 of TB? Is the plug-in for TB or for AVG?
(AVG has an Outlook Express plug-in - is there one for TB???)
I've been a long-time user of both TB and AVG - didn't even realize
there was an AVG plug-in available
Leif Gregory wrote:
Looks like you missed the space after the --
Thanks for the catch! I would have continued to miss that one had you
not pointed it out. I was using a Quick template to reply below quotes
and must have set up my sig incorrectly.
--
ken
Hello Robert,
Friday, September 12, 2003, 11:14:00 PM, you wrote:
RS Hello Spike,
RSActually it depends on the digital sign used. If a thawte or
RSVerisign digital signature is used it means the sender took the
RStime to enter his/her password and send from his client.
Hello Spike,
Actually it depends on the digital sign used. If a thawte or
Verisign digital signature is used it means the sender took the
time to enter his/her password and send from his client. That is
the purpose of such devices. So long as it must be entered when the
I have just installed AVG antivirus. I installed the plug in for
thebat but it does not seem to be working. To try to tell, I
configured it (options/anti virus) and it shows the .bav file. I
verified that email is set up and working in AVG, and set it to
certify incoming and outgoing so I could
On Monday, March 3, 2003, 6:22:32 PM, Lou Yovin wrote:
LY I verified that email is set up and working in AVG, and set it to
LY certify incoming and outgoing so I could see if it works. I do
LY not see any certification on either in or out bound stuff.
The AVG plugin for TB does not currently
Monday, March 3, 2003, 1:33:13 PM, you wrote:
DW On Monday, March 3, 2003, 6:22:32 PM, Lou Yovin wrote:
LY I verified that email is set up and working in AVG, and set it to
LY certify incoming and outgoing so I could see if it works. I do
LY not see any certification on either in or out bound
Hello Deborah W,
On or about Monday, March 03, 2003 at 18:33:13GMT + (which was
1:33 PM in the tropics where I live) Deborah W posted:
DW Certification of emails doesn't make them more secure anyway, doesn't
DW prove anything much, so I wouldn't worry about it :-)
30% of the virus files I
Estimados seguidores del tbudl arroba thebat.dutaint.com:
En relación a lo que Spike en su momento posteó:
/\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign - Against HTML Mail
\ / If it aint a webpage it shouldn't be HTML.
XSay NO! to bloatmail - ban HTML mail!
/ \ Ask Spikey, he hates everything (HTML).
Hallo Task,
On Mon, 3 Mar 2003 16:24:01 -0400GMT (3-3-03, 21:24 +0100, where I
live), you wrote:
TC With vampire you can filter the html using the simple
TC string: Content-Type: text/html in the filter. :-)
Is it possible to use vampire to filter message with the string
'vampire' in
Monday, March 3, 2003, 3:24:01 PM, you wrote:
TC Estimados seguidores del tbudl arroba thebat.dutaint.com:
TC En relación a lo que Spike en su momento posteó:
TC /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign - Against HTML Mail
TC \ / If it aint a webpage it shouldn't be HTML.
TC XSay NO! to bloatmail -
Estimados seguidores del tbudl arroba thebat.dutaint.com:
En relación a lo que Roelof en su momento posteó:
RO If so, please use it for your outgoing mail.
RO For an anti spam tool it's causing rather a lot of spam-like
RO messages.
sorry, i'm only telling you the news.
--
Se despide,
Task
Hello Task,
On Mon, 3 Mar 2003 22:16:55 -0400 GMT (04/03/03, 09:16 +0700 GMT),
Task Control wrote:
RO For an anti spam tool it's causing rather a lot of spam-like
RO messages.
sorry, i'm only telling you the news.
But you are doing it on the wrong list. The plug-in won't work with
the release
Hi Spike,
Monday, March 3, 2003, 6:52:15 PM, you wrote:
S 30% of the virus files I get say something about being 'certified
S virus free' or similar. It's a non-issue. Anti-virus is an issue for
S the receiver. Most virus senders are clueless individuals to start
S with. If you can put two
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Hi John,
13-Nov-2002, 15:27 +0900 (06:27 UK time) John De Hoog said:
As for outgoing connections, I don't want to stop them entirely,
not when it is at the expense of running useful programs like
Website-Watcher.
I am really sad to have to do
Hello Roelof,
On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 19:17:39 +0100GMT (10-11-02, 19:17 +0100GMT, where
I live), you wrote:
O I would like to ask if nobody can answer my original question:
O does one have to re-activate AVG and/or its TB plug in after
O installing a new version of TB! over an older one?
RDo you
Sunday, November 10, 2002, 9:20:51 PM, William wrote in message
mid:15345369327.20021110212051;dsl.pipex.com
WM The main reason for this is because the important bits are written in
WM assembler. Shame it's gone out of fashion. Too difficult for today's
WM programmers I suppose. Now, back in the
Hello Anne
Thank you for your email dated Tuesday, November 12, 2002, 3:33:09 PM, in which you
wrote:
A ...many of the great little fast proggies we use are written in
A assembler as well so we're already fans of this. In fact both my son
A and I would love to fathom out how to write this
Tuesday, November 12, 2002, 5:08:34 PM, William wrote in message
mid:302427800.20021112170834;dsl.pipex.com
WM If you are interested, have a look at www.grc.com in general and
WM http://grc.com/smgassembly.htm in particular.
WM All Gibson's software is written in assembler and it flies. It's a
Hello Anne,
Tuesday, November 12, 2002, 7:51:24 PM, you wrote:
A Tuesday, November 12, 2002, 5:08:34 PM, William wrote in message
A mid:302427800.20021112170834;dsl.pipex.com
WM If you are interested, have a look at www.grc.com in general and
WM http://grc.com/smgassembly.htm in particular.
WM
rick wrote...
I think www.grcsucks.com explains my position on the gentlemen in
question. He is a slick marketing person and that is about it. No one
in respected security circles has any respect for him. What a fraud.
The pity is that he is responsible for so many people needlessly
saddling
Wednesday, November 13, 2002, 1:55:37 AM, John wrote in message
mid:VPOP31.5.0d.20021113105537.687.18.2.64410165;SUPERSOHO
JDH The pity is that he is responsible for so many people needlessly
JDH saddling their systems with Zone Alarm, which causes many more
JDH troubles than it could possibly
Anne wrote...
So why is Zone Alarm so bad? And what troubles does it cause for
people?
It's bad because:
(1) Most people using it could achieve all the necessary protection
just by configuring their systems properly;
(2) It sends out warnings about possible attacks that are normal
system
John,
JDH (1) Most people using it could achieve all the necessary protection
JDH just by configuring their systems properly;
The problem with not running a software firewall of some sort is that
you have no controll over your OUTGOING internet connection.
Zonealarm and Tiny Personal Firewall
Scott Johnson wrote...
The problem with not running a software firewall of some sort is that
you have no controll over your OUTGOING internet connection.
Zonealarm and Tiny Personal Firewall both do this and if you do become
infected with a virus (bite my tongue) the firewall will notify you
when
Hello rick
Thank you for your email dated Wednesday, November 13, 2002, 1:34:10 AM, in which you
wrote:
r What a fraud.
What did I tell you? :-)
--
Regards
William
Flying with The Bat! www.ritlabs.com/the_bat
Windows 2000 Pro 2195 Service Pack 2
John,
JDH For outgoing protection: Norton Anti-Virus.
JDH For general protection, a *hardware* firewall built into my LAN
JDH router, as well as the firewall built into Windows XP.
I don't run Norton antivirus, but I don't believe it protects against
outgoing connections. It can scan for a
William,
r What a fraud.
WM What did I tell you? :-)
Don't believe everything you read on the Net. For every web site that
says one thing, I'd wager I can find one that says nearly the
opposite.
A con man makes what he is saying seem very logical. Our job here is
to figure out which site to
Scott Johnson wrote...
I don't run Norton antivirus, but I don't believe it protects against
outgoing connections. It can scan for a virus on your system or to
see if there is one in an outbound Email(?) which is good, but that
doesn't protect against a virus that has snuck through the defenses
Scott Johnson wrote...
A con man makes what he is saying seem very logical. Our job here is
to figure out which site to believe. (or are both conveying a partial
truth...with the full truth lying somewhere in between?)
Steve Gibson has some useful information about configuring your
system, but
Hello Scott
Thank you for your email dated Wednesday, November 13, 2002, 6:22:19 AM, in which you
wrote:
SJ Don't believe everything you read on the Net.
I don't (Marck, Allie, Januk, Melissa, etc. excepted!)
If you re-read my original post you will see that I only praised
Gibson's
10 November 2002, 20:20, you wrote:
MB I'm about to hire my local ISP (who have given me reliable
MB trustworthy service for 5 years) to build my dream machine
MB for me.
Curious to know why a ISP should be in the business of building and
supporting PCs. How local is this ISP? What computer
11 November 2002, 10:22, you wrote:
MB Any further discussion OT on this thread--carry on privately or on
MB tbot? I'm still open to input on the specifications for my new system.
Interesting, but since I'm in the UK there's probably nothing useful I
can contribute.
--
Clive Taylor
Using The
Hello Clive,
Monday, November 11, 2002, 6:49:41 AM, you wrote:
snip
MB I'm still open to input on the specifications for my new system.
CT Interesting, but since I'm in the UK there's probably nothing useful I
CT can contribute.
That's okay. Thanks anyway.
--
Best regards,
Mary
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Monday, November 11, 2002
8:39:34 AM
RE: AVG plug in after re-installing?
Greetings Clive,
On Monday, November 11, 2002, 2:52:51 AM, you wrote:
CT Curious to know why a ISP should be in the business of building and
CT supporting PCs. How local
11 November 2002, 13:48, you wrote:
DRS there are 3 local ISP's who furnish dialup access (Berkshirenet,
DRS Vgernet and Berkshire County Network (BCN)) and all build
DRS systems, upgrade systems and provide service, support and
DRS warranty besides their main bread butter business which is as
On Monday, November 11, 2002, 2:55:24 PM, Clive Taylor wrote:
CT It's an interesting model -- and I suppose it has the advantage of
CT locking in customers to their own ISP services.
Not really - in the UK you can choose to pay-as-you-go with most ISPs,
so you can have accounts with as many ISPs
11 November 2002, 15:27, you wrote:
DW Not really - in the UK you can choose to pay-as-you-go with most ISPs,
DW so you can have accounts with as many ISPs as you wish.
But there must be a degree of inertia here that benefits the company
supplying the computer and net connection. After all, if
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Hi Clive,
11-Nov-2002, 16:12 Clive Taylor [CT] in
mid:711312593.2002161213;ukf.net said:
CT But there must be a degree of inertia here that benefits the
CT company supplying the computer and net connection.
... snip
moderator
Note: This
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Monday, November 11, 2002
9:37:21 PM
RE: AVG plug in after re-installing?
Greetings rick,
On Saturday, November 9, 2002, 1:37:44 PM, you wrote:
r If you read the url I posted to thomas,
r http://www.virusbtn.com/magazine/archives/pdf/2002/200206
Hello DG,
Monday, November 11, 2002, 9:51:10 PM, you wrote:
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DRS Monday, November 11, 2002
DRS 9:37:21 PM
DRS RE: AVG plug in after re-installing?
DRS Greetings rick,
DRS On Saturday, November 9, 2002, 1:37:44 PM, you wrote:
r If you read
On Sunday, November 10, 2002, 12:04 AM, you wrote:
SJ Klez. The moral here is not to expect software to take care of
SJ everything. Stay current with antiviral news and help out a little.
oh, no problem there, I read all sorts of newsletters, langalist,
tourbus, tbot, tbudl... and I have
Paul,
PC Like you said, I pretty much know when a virus is sent, but it
PC scares me when my close friends send me attachments, because most of
PC them are virus-clueless, and they send those chain letters out
PC constantly, and hoax virus warnings, without checking SNOPES.com .
I've
Hello rick,
On or about Saturday, November 9, 2002, 6:26:04 AM, in a galaxy
far, far away, rick wrote:
r I would recommend you to use Nod32. It has the best results of any
r product tested at virus bulletin. I use Nod32 in conjunction with
r TheBat! and I have never had one virus problem.
I
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In mid:187358835327.20021110112452;candw.ky,
Spike [S] wrote:'
S I run The Bat! e-mail client so that I don't HAVE to run ANY
S anti-virus BS. Any anti-virus steals 12-20% of system resources
S and slows down system performance. I know ALL avenues of
Sunday, November 10, 2002, 4:24:52 PM, Spike wrote in message
mid:187358835327.20021110112452;candw.ky
S I run The Bat! e-mail client so that I don't HAVE to run ANY
S anti-virus BS.
Er that's OK insofar as TB! and e-mail goes Spike, but to say that
an AV is unnecessary because one runs
Hello there,
Saturday, November 9, 2002, 4:04:53 PM, Marck D Pearlstone wrote:
MDP ... AV software spotting a viral infection in a file with a
MDP non-executable extension. This is not a risk to anyone -
MDP professional or not. ...
Before this becomes a dead horse I just wanted to make a side
Hello all,
Before this becomes a dead horse...
I would like to ask if nobody can answer my original question:
does one have to re-activate AVG and/or its TB plug in after
installing a new version of TB! over an older one?
What I find on this subject in the TBUDL Archive goes for al
large part
Hello Anne,
On or about Sunday, November 10, 2002, 12:49:14 PM, in a galaxy
far, far away, Anne wrote:
A Er that's OK insofar as TB! and e-mail goes Spike, but to say that
A an AV is unnecessary because one runs TB! is overlooking the fact that
A virus can be introduced to a system in other
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Hi Alexander,
10-Nov-2002, 20:03 +0200 (18:03 UK time) Alexander Cicovic [AC] in
mid:160947502.20021110200317;gmx.net said:
MDP ... AV software spotting a viral infection in a file with a
MDP non-executable extension. This is not a risk to anyone -
Hello there,
Sunday, November 10, 2002, 9:55:23 PM, Marck D Pearlstone wrote:
AC ... If an unknowledgeable user had restored a system
AC configuration using the infected cpy files, the laptop would
AC get infected once again.
MDP At this time the AV software has previously failed and missed
MDP
Hello Spike,
Sunday, November 10, 2002, 1:06:42 PM, you wrote:
S Hello Anne,
S On or about Sunday, November 10, 2002, 12:49:14 PM, in a galaxy
S far, far away, Anne wrote:
snip
S In other words yes, I have this down to a science. I should, as
S I have been building my own machines since the
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'Lo Allie,
On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 12:29:30 -0500 your time, you authored this:
ACM Well, this opinion sounds like what Simon may have thought I had during
ACM our exchange in the past. Actually, it's not in large part. The only
ACM part I agree
Hello Anne
Thank you for your email dated Sunday, November 10, 2002, 2:43:25 AM, in which you
wrote:
A He is evaluating Nod32 at the moment, is incredibly impressed with both the speed
and the
A lack of hogging resources.
The main reason for this is because the important bits are written in
Hallo Ochrid,
On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 19:17:39 +0100GMT (10-11-02, 19:17 +0100GMT, where
I live), you wrote:
O I would like to ask if nobody can answer my original question:
O does one have to re-activate AVG and/or its TB plug in after
O installing a new version of TB! over an older one?
Do you
Hello all,
Is it possible that the AVG plug in for The Bat! needs to be
re-activated after a new version of The Bat! has been installed
over an older one?
(I am asking because the only thing that had changed before AVG
failed to detect John eicar-file, was the installation of TB
1.62b7. All
Hello Ochrid,
Saturday, November 9, 2002, 5:47:21 AM, you wrote:
O Hello all,
O Is it possible that the AVG plug in for The Bat! needs to be
O re-activated after a new version of The Bat! has been installed
O over an older one?
Ok I am new so I will make this as painless as possible. Why do
Hello rick,
On Sat, 9 Nov 2002 06:26:04 -0500 GMT (09/11/02, 18:26 +0700 GMT),
rick wrote:
Ok I am new so I will make this as painless as possible. Why do people
use this AVG product? I have seen quite a few threads about it and am
concerned for my fellow TheBat! users.
Since I am looking
, these tests seem to be dubious to me as a knowledgeable user.
All you AVG users out there - don't panic just yet. Let's wait to
see what Grisoft have to say. I'd say you were safe for the time
being - as long as the thing is turned on! And, yes, my AVG plug in
caught the e33 submission. In fact, I wondered
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'Lo Marck,
On Sat, 9 Nov 2002 13:19:02 + your time, you authored this:
snip
MDP I hope that we can get a response from Grisoft on this issue. I like
MDP AVG as a virus scanner and it has always worked very well for me.
Do you use the
Hi Marck,
Saturday, November 9, 2002, 8:19:02 AM, you wrote:
TF I tried to find out what exactly they tested, ... doesn't seem
TF to disclose their methodology.
TF ... I just wonder how accurate the website is that you seem to
TF trust so much. Kindly enlighten me as to their reputability.
MDP
On Saturday, November 9, 2002, 8:19 AM, you wrote:
MDP I can see no indication elsewhere of the reputability of this site.
MDP I have written to Grisoft and asked them to provide an official
MDP response to our readership.
I mean really, this site goes back 2 years to DOS editions, what do
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Hi Simon,
9-Nov-2002, 13:37 Simon said:
MDP I hope that we can get a response from Grisoft on this
MDP issue. I like AVG as a virus scanner and it has always worked
MDP very well for me.
Do you use the retail version of AVG or the free
Hello all,
Saturday, November 9, 2002, Ochrid wrote:
(I am asking because the only thing that had changed before AVG
failed to detect John eicar-file, was the installation of TB
1.62b7. All settings seemed to have been kept, but only after I
looked at - and thus clicked the 'configuration
Hello all,
Saturday, November 9, 2002, rick wrote:
Please point your browser to the very reputable/independent virus
testing lab - virus bulletin
http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archives/products.xml?avg.xml
This lab tests virus products from all vendors who wish to have their
product tested.
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Hi Perry,
09-Nov-2002, 08:43 -0500 (13:43 UK time) Perry Nelson [PN] in
mid:2753230839.20021109084339;comcast.net said:
PN While it might not provide sufficient technical detail to
PN satisfy your curiosity, here is the link to the description
On Saturday, November 9, 2002, 8:43 AM, you wrote:
MDP This is a major concern. I would accept their findings without
MDP hesitation if it was clearer just how they had been arrived at.
PN While it might not provide sufficient technical detail to satisfy
PN your curiosity, here is the link
Hello Perry,
On Sat, 09 Nov 2002 08:43:39 -0500 GMT (09/11/02, 20:43 +0700 GMT),
Perry Nelson wrote:
While it might not provide sufficient technical detail to satisfy
your curiosity, here is the link to the description of their
procedure.
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In mid:2010891330.20021109150415;ipex.cz,
Marek Mikus [MM] wrote:'
MM NOD32 is very good product, I know developers as I know
MM developers from Grisoft and I recommend it too. But problems
MM with Eicar are not on AVG's side, but on TB's side :-(
Hi Thomas,
Saturday, November 9, 2002, 9:15:29 AM, you wrote:
I find it interesting that the sponsors of VB2002 were ESET, the
makers of NOD32, among others, such as Computer Associates, Sophos,
also a AV maker.
TF Well spotted. There goes the independence claim. My philosophy (and
TF this
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In mid:1251090791.20021109092922;comcast.net,
Perry Nelson [PN] wrote:'
PN Which is why I found it interesting. However it should be noted
PN in fairness that the sponsorship was of the VB2002 conference
PN in New Orleans, not necessarily of the
Hi Allie,
Saturday, November 9, 2002, 11:18:56 AM, you wrote:
ACM I'm wondering then, why quote these sites at all since I doubt the
ACM skepticism would have been there about the quality of the tests if
ACM AVG had passed most of them rather than failed most of them.
I don't use either of
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In mid:1128834139.20021109113824;comcast.net,
Perry Nelson [PN] wrote:'
ACM I'm wondering then, why quote these sites at all since I doubt
ACM the skepticism would have been there about the quality of the
ACM tests if AVG had passed most of them
Hello Thomas,
Saturday, November 9, 2002, 7:57:57 AM, you wrote:
Virus bulletin tests in-the-wild viruses. Their methodoloy is clearly
stated in their publication.
http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/about/index.xml this url states what
they test for i.e. in-the-wild viruses. This url
Hello Paul,
Saturday, November 9, 2002, 9:06:20 AM, you wrote:
PC On Saturday, November 9, 2002, 8:43 AM, you wrote:
MDP This is a major concern. I would accept their findings without
MDP hesitation if it was clearer just how they had been arrived at.
PN While it might not provide
Hello Thomas,
Saturday, November 9, 2002, 9:15:29 AM, you wrote:
I find it interesting that the sponsors of VB2002 were ESET, the
makers of NOD32, among others, such as Computer Associates, Sophos,
also a AV maker.
TF Well spotted. There goes the independence claim. My philosophy (and
TF
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Hi rick,
9-Nov-2002, 13:37 -0500 (18:37 UK time) rick [R] in
mid:116296317071.20021109133744;adelphia.net said:
R If you read the url I posted to thomas,
R http://www.virusbtn.com/magazine/archives/pdf/2002/200206.pdf on
R page 19 (pdf document)
Hi Thomas,
Saturday, November 9, 2002, 12:57:57 PM, you wrote:
[SNIP]
I turns out that there is no good product in the market. Even F-Secure
has 9 passes against 11 failures. PC-Cillin appears to be unusable
(well, it was one of the best when I bought it, as I checked several
such comparing
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In mid:195633861264.20021109092627;landscreek.net,
Allie Martin [AM] wrote:'
AM Did you see my response to this comment. I did a test with
AM DrWeb's plugin on a MIME digest containing a message with the
AM eicar test virus attached. DrWeb picked it
On Saturday, November 9, 2002, 1:37 PM, you wrote:
r If you read the url I posted to thomas,
r http://www.virusbtn.com/magazine/archives/pdf/2002/200206.pdf on page
r 19 (pdf document) virus bulletin review explains clearly why they used
r a older version of grisoft for the tests. There
Hello Paul,
Saturday, November 9, 2002, 9:22:52 PM, you wrote:
PC noted on the Grisoft site:
PC Update 399 was withdrawed because of problems
PC with Resident Shield on Windows NT or higher systems. Repaired update
PC will be available soon. - October 10, 2002 -
PC that might be why they had
Saturday, November 9, 2002, 6:28:56 PM, rick wrote in message
mid:131295789272.20021109132856;adelphia.net
r Nod32 not only detects all in-the-wild viruses but it does it fast.
r Nod32 scanned 260 gigs in 15 minutes!!
Just to add to this - as a Kaspersky user which my online-gaming
teenage son
On Saturday, November 9, 2002, 9:43 PM, you wrote:
PC I recommend AVG to all my friends, most of whom had Mcafee or Norton
PC installed on their PC's, but had let the coverage lapse because of the
PC subscription cost. better to have an up-to-date AVG than a year-old
PC Norton:)
r virus
Hello Allie,
On Sat, 9 Nov 2002 11:18:56 -0500 GMT (09/11/02, 23:18 +0700 GMT),
Allie C Martin wrote:
I'm wondering then, why quote these sites at all since I doubt the
skepticism would have been there about the quality of the tests if
AVG had passed most of them rather than failed most of
Hello rick,
On Sat, 9 Nov 2002 13:40:05 -0500 GMT (10/11/02, 01:40 +0700 GMT),
rick wrote:
TF Well spotted. There goes the independence claim. My philosophy (and
TF this has to do with economics rather than computing) is that no
TF company that needs sponsors or advertising customers can be
Hello Doug,
On Sat, 9 Nov 2002 19:17:21 + GMT (10/11/02, 02:17 +0700 GMT),
Doug Weller wrote:
Actually PC-Cillin passed the November 2002 Virus Bulletin test. I
use PC-Cillin as my main virus checker and AVG plugin with TheBat!
I've been virus free so far.
I have been using PC-Cillin
Paul,
r Theres an old saying, you get what you pay for
PC AVG does have a PAY - PRO version, so everything they do isn't for free,
PC and both the free pay programs probably use the same virus definition
PC files. Most times, I AGREE you get what you pay for, but with virus
PC programs, I'm
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