Hello rick, Wednesday, March 12, 2003, 10:11:29 PM, you wrote:
r> Hello Martin, r> Wednesday, March 12, 2003, 4:19:18 PM, you wrote: MW>> Everyone, I guess Rick likes Nod32 (Eset)! And I'm sure it's a good MW>> product. But it's certainly not the only one... And your assessment is MW>> a little misleading (if not false). For example, the tests go back MW>> some five years and were run on many different operating systems. To MW>> be fair, you need to look at the most recent tests. Here you'll find MW>> that 3 other products do as well as Eset and a further 7 may do as MW>> well (there was no entry for one or more tests). r> There is nothing misleading about my statement. Lets look at it from a r> logical point of view. Ok. r> 1. the anti-virus vendors submit to virus bulletin therefore if the r> latest anti-virus definitions were not submitted then its the vendors r> fault not virus bulletin. r> 2. you state that the tests go back some five years and compare many r> operating systems. I don't know how you argue this point. If nod32 was r> good on all the operating systems while many others were not and nod32 r> is still good today then the advantage lies in nod32 being able to r> keep up and detect the changing virii which change constantly. r> Therefore by your own admission nod32 is a better product. MW>> In the end, it's personal choice. r> I guess its a personal choice to stand in the street and get hit by a r> truck but I am not planning on doing that anytime soon. Thats a good r> analogy for your anti-virus advice. Okay, if having the last say makes you happy so be it. But, don't misquote me: I did not say any product was better than another. To put it in _simple_ terms, AV products are a bit like shares: past performance is no guarantee of future performance. But that's enough flogging a dead horse for today. M -- Regards, Martin Webster http://www.martinwebster.info/ All outgoing mail checked for viruses with Sophos Anti-Virus ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
