Re[2]: Aletrnatives to AVG?

2006-02-12 Thread Jack S. LaRosa
Hello Roelof, Sunday, February 12, 2006, 1:02:28 PM, you wrote: RO> Hallo Jack, RO> On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 07:29:10 -0600GMT (12-2-2006, 14:29 +0100, where I RO> live), you wrote: JSL>> When I look at Options -> Preferences -> Anti Virus I see in the box JSL>> called 'Virus Checking Plug-ins' the

Re: Aletrnatives to AVG?

2006-02-12 Thread Roelof Otten
Hallo Jack, On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 07:29:10 -0600GMT (12-2-2006, 14:29 +0100, where I live), you wrote: JSL> When I look at Options -> Preferences -> Anti Virus I see in the box JSL> called 'Virus Checking Plug-ins' the line "AVG Plug-in for The Bat!" Ain't computers smart? JSL> Does this mean tha

Re[2]: Aletrnatives to AVG?

2006-02-12 Thread Jos Klaassens
Hello Roelof, Wednesday, February 8, 2006, 2:38:17 PM, you wrote: RO> That shouldn't have anything to do with AVG, I've been using that for RO> ages and I don't notice any connection failures. Same here , never. -- Best regards, Jos Using The Bat! v3.65.03 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Serv

Re[2]: Aletrnatives to AVG?

2006-02-12 Thread Jack S. LaRosa
Hello Roelof, Saturday, February 11, 2006, 5:28:21 PM, you wrote: RO> Hallo Jack, RO> When you install AVG after you've installed TB, AVG will recognize TB RO> and install the plug-in in AVG's program directory and it will RO> configure TB to look for the plug-in: RO> C:\Program Files\Grisoft\AV

Re: Aletrnatives to AVG?

2006-02-11 Thread Roelof Otten
Hallo Jack, On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 10:25:37 -0600GMT (11-2-2006, 17:25 +0100, where I live), you wrote: JSL> library. Your statement regarding a plugin for TB! implies I should JSL> have done something from within TB! to make fuller use of AVG. Should JSL> I have? and if so, what? When you install

Re[4]: Aletrnatives to AVG?

2006-02-11 Thread Jack S. LaRosa
Hello Neal, Wednesday, February 8, 2006, 10:36:14 PM, you wrote: NL> Hey Jack, >> I use AVG also and have never had any trouble with it. No viruses have >> infected my machine (AFAIK) but, AVG has never told me it intercepted >> a virus. Which makes me wonder... Anybody know a way to test the >>

Re: Aletrnatives to AVG? (The Janitor) [TBUDL Digest, Vol 207, Issue 12]

2006-02-11 Thread Stephen Love
On 09 February 2006 - 06:46, William, on the matter of AVG, said Hello MFPA, SNIP I've used NOD for about five years, never been infected (I know I shouldn't say things like that), never had an FP. There's no need to quarantine - NOD will send samples to ESET automatically,

Re: Aletrnatives to AVG?

2006-02-10 Thread Leif Gregory
Hello George, Thursday, February 9, 2006, 5:52:22 PM, you wrote: > There used to be a web site where you could go to get a variety of > harmless security tests emailed to you to test your email client's > vulnerability, but I don't seem to have the link handy. Maybe > someone here knows? http://w

Re: Aletrnatives to AVG?

2006-02-10 Thread George Mitchell
Jack S. LaRosa wrote: JSL> Which makes me wonder... Anybody know a way to test the JSL> functionality of whatever AV is being used? There's the eicar virus test files: http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm There used to be a web site where you could go to get a variety of harmless secu

Re: Aletrnatives to AVG?

2006-02-10 Thread Barry
On Wed, 8 Feb 2006 14:38:17 +0100, Roelof Otten wrote: > That shouldn't have anything to do with AVG, I've been using that for > ages and I don't notice any connection failures. > What happens when you disable AVG, do still have those failures then? Hi Roelof I wanted an good alternative to AVG

Re[2]: Aletrnatives to AVG?

2006-02-10 Thread The Janitor
09 February 2006 - 06:46 Hello MFPA, Wednesday, February 8, 2006, 8:51:27 PM, you wrote: >> The plug-in only complicates matters; something else to go >> wrong. M> What extra functionality does the plug-in provide? Certainly nothing that I need but YMMV of course. This topic has been discusse

Re: Aletrnatives to AVG?

2006-02-10 Thread Maurice McAdam
Hello Jack, On Thursday, February 9, 2006, 4:47:00 AM, which was 6:21:37 PM where I am, you wrote: >>> I've started having numerous connection failures when retrieving mail using >>> the AVG plugin for TB so I thought I'd look out for an alternative >>> antivirus program. NL>> I just set up on

Re[4]: Aletrnatives to AVG?

2006-02-10 Thread rich gregory
>>Anybody know a way to test the >>functionality of whatever AV is being used? There are TEST virus files from EICAR. See: http://www.eicar.org/ The files themselves are at: http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm IIRC there are .COM, .EXE, .ZIP versions and maybe more. Try to email them

Re: Re[2]: Aletrnatives to AVG?

2006-02-10 Thread Cory
On Wed, 8 Feb 2006 21:47:00 -0600, "Jack S. LaRosa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Anybody know a way to test the >functionality of whatever AV is being used? Get yourself some free mailbox somewhere (or a new alias to your existing mailbox), and start posting messages in high-traffic newsgroups (al

Re[3]: Aletrnatives to AVG?

2006-02-08 Thread Neal Laugman
Hey Jack, > I use AVG also and have never had any trouble with it. No viruses have > infected my machine (AFAIK) but, AVG has never told me it intercepted > a virus. Which makes me wonder... Anybody know a way to test the > functionality of whatever AV is being used? The only time I see it come t

Re[2]: Aletrnatives to AVG?

2006-02-08 Thread Jack S. LaRosa
Hello Neal, Wednesday, February 8, 2006, 4:39:42 PM, you wrote: NL> Hi Barry, >> I've started having numerous connection failures when retrieving mail using >> the AVG plugin for TB so I thought I'd look out for an alternative >> antivirus program. NL> I just set up on a new laptop and had the

Re: Aletrnatives to AVG?

2006-02-08 Thread Neal Laugman
Hi Barry, > I've started having numerous connection failures when retrieving mail using > the AVG plugin for TB so I thought I'd look out for an alternative > antivirus program. I just set up on a new laptop and had the same problem with AVG. have not investigated much yet, but check to see if th

Re: Aletrnatives to AVG?

2006-02-08 Thread MFPA
Hi On Wednesday 8 February 2006 at 1:24:54 PM, in , The Janitor wrote: > The plug-in only complicates matters; something else to go > wrong. What extra functionality does the plug-in provide? -- Best regards, MFPA Don't learn safety rules by accident... Using

Re: Aletrnatives to AVG?

2006-02-08 Thread Mark Wieder
Mark- Wednesday, February 8, 2006, 1:31:47 AM, you wrote: > I'm not using the plugin but am satisfied with Nod32. Ditto. I'm more than satisfied. I used to run Norton as a backup to catch anything that made it past nod32, but *nothing* ever did, and I eventually tossed the Norton garbage and nev

Re[2]: Aletrnatives to AVG?

2006-02-08 Thread Gerda
Hallo Miroslav, woensdag 8 februari 2006, 17:41:17, schreef u: > Hello Gerda, >>> I'm not using the plugin but am satisfied with Nod32. >> Where can i find this plugin? > http://thebat.zetema.de/download.html#antivirus > (45 KB) http://thebat.zetema.de/zip/nod32.rar thanks this is what i lo

Re: Aletrnatives to AVG?

2006-02-08 Thread Mark Partous
Hello Gerda, ['k Dacht even "Stelt mijn echtgenote me hier nu een vraag (zelfde voornaam, maar waarom zou ze dat via mail doen als ze hier gewoon in huis is"?)] Wednesday, February 8, 2006, 5:15:00 PM, you wrote: G> Hallo Mark, G> woensdag 8 februari 2006, 10:31:47, schreef u: B>>> Can anyone

Re: Aletrnatives to AVG?

2006-02-08 Thread Miroslav Florensen
Hello Gerda, >> I'm not using the plugin but am satisfied with Nod32. > Where can i find this plugin? http://thebat.zetema.de/download.html#antivirus (45 KB) http://thebat.zetema.de/zip/nod32.rar -- Best regards Miroslav BAT-MAIL.DE.VU - http://bat-mail.de.vu News-Ticker: http://thebat.zete

Re[2]: Aletrnatives to AVG?

2006-02-08 Thread Gerda
Hallo Mark, woensdag 8 februari 2006, 10:31:47, schreef u: B>> Can anyone recommend an alternative other than Norton that works along with B>> TheBat!? > I'm not using the plugin but am satisfied with Nod32. Where can i find this plugin? -- Met vriendelijke groet, Gerda

Re: Aletrnatives to AVG?

2006-02-08 Thread Roelof Otten
Hallo BJH, On Wed, 8 Feb 2006 09:15:42 +GMT (8-2-2006, 10:15 +0100, where I live), you wrote: B> I've started having numerous connection failures when retrieving mail using B> the AVG plugin for TB so I thought I'd look out for an alternative B> antivirus program. That shouldn't have anythin

Re[2]: Aletrnatives to AVG?

2006-02-08 Thread The Janitor
08 February 2006 - 13:22 Hello Mark, Wednesday, February 8, 2006, 9:31:47 AM, you wrote: MP> I'm not using the plugin but am satisfied with Nod32. Ditto. Nothing to touch it. The plug-in only complicates matters; something else to go wrong. -- Best regards, William Flying with The Bat!

Re: Aletrnatives to AVG?

2006-02-08 Thread Mark Partous
Hello Barry, Wednesday, February 8, 2006, 10:15:42 AM, you wrote: B> I've started having numerous connection failures when retrieving mail using B> the AVG plugin for TB so I thought I'd look out for an alternative B> antivirus program. B> Can anyone recommend an alternative other than Norton t

Aletrnatives to AVG?

2006-02-08 Thread Barry
Hi all I've started having numerous connection failures when retrieving mail using the AVG plugin for TB so I thought I'd look out for an alternative antivirus program. Can anyone recommend an alternative other than Norton that works along with TheBat!? -- Best regards Barry barryh'at'kentra'do