Kaspersky is totally inaccessible, how do I know, because it's on my laptop.
Mouse pointer don't work, reclassing don't work, tabbing around is silent,
hitting the alt key followed by F V, H ETC. gives you nothing.. As soon as
my free one year subscription is up, I'm getting something more accessible.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chip Orange via Talk" <[email protected]>
To: "David Goldfield" <[email protected]>; "Window-Eyes Discussion
List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, August 07, 2015 9:13 AM
Subject: RE: casperski antivirus
I think this is good advice David, but a lot depends on whether you have
reasonable access to sighted help if there's a problem. There are blind
people who just don't ever.
To those who are resistant to trying the best anti-malware programs, I
suggest do try to use to mouse cursor, as sometimes you can learn to make
a program accessible by finding and clicking the proper choices. I've
done this with Trojan Killer and before it PrevX, which received some of
the best ratings at the time. I do think I am switching to
Kaspersky, as it does get great reviews, and with all of us having to use
pcs for electronic banking these days (or bill paying, or other critical
functions), we can't afford to have a virus/trojan in our lives. It's my
same reasoning which causes me to urge everyone here to use the paid
version of Window-Eyes, so that you have support, because your pc is
usually quite critical to your daily life.
Yes, MSE isn't the best, but I still recommend it to people who have no
sighted help ever, or who won't spend money for anti-malware. It's better
than nothing.
Chip
Chip Orange
Florida Public Service Commission
Computer Systems Analyst
850-413-6314
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2015 3:25 PM
To: Brice Mijares; Window-Eyes Discussion List
Subject: Re: casperski antivirus
I have never used Kaspersky with Window-Eyes. However, it may offer some
degree of accessibility and it is the antimalware program I chose to use
as of a few months ago, after Microsoft Security Essentials failed to
protect me against a rather crippling virus. I use it because it is one
of the top-rated antivirus packages on the market and I refuse to
compromise my computer's security in the name of accessibility.
I am, as some people may know, extremely passionate and a bit militant
about this issue and I apologize if I come off too strong about this.
However, blind people need to consider that we need to use the security
software which is highly-rated, rather than choosing the package that
works best with a screen reader but which may not offer an acceptable
level of protection. I am trying to dialog with Kaspersky regarding
these issues and I plan to continue to do so until accessibility is
improved. I would like to strongly urge all of you to do the same. If
one person contacts a company, they may be less inclined to act. If many
of us contact them with the same concerns, particularly if we're paying
customers, perhaps we'll get results which will be more favorable to us.
So many of us, myself included, find it easier to choose a security
program because it works best with whatever screen reader we happen to
be using. When it comes to the security of my computer, that is no
longer acceptable to me. For years, I relied upon MSE because it was
speech-friendly. I'm also an extremely cautious, responsible and
security-conscious user but these traits are no longer enough to keep
you safe. I now insist on using security software which is highly-rated,
meaning that it gets excellent scores with independent lab tests. If
it's not accessible, I am willing to engage in constructive dialog with
the company and I will go to incredible lengths to do this but, in the
end my goal is to make it accessible.
On 8/6/2015 2:45 PM, Brice Mijares via Talk wrote:
Not at all! My notebook running 8.1 came with it and after upgrading
yesterday to windows 10 I was glad to see it was gone.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Casey via Talk"
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Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2015 11:33 AM
Subject: casperski antivirus
Hi just wondering is casperski antivirus useable with window-eyes?
Last I heard it wasn't but just wondering if things changed or not in
that regard.
--
Casey
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