Hi Rich, On Sunday, April 03, 2005, at 9:25:09 AM PST, you wrote:
> NOW, A QUESTION: > Is anyone here running more than one A/V product on their PCs? > It has always been a no-no to do this but the threats out there and > the coverage any one product may be able to protect against almost > seem to demand it! The one thing that's getting very little mention here is the concept of "careful practices" above and beyond any particular choice of AV/AT and other types of "protective" software. This involves a multi-layered approach involving the careful selection of software (email/news clients, browsers, etc.), "safe" configurations of said software, and enough sense to know what not to click on, download, etc. regardless of what any AV/AT software might or might not have to say about it. What the situation really "demands" is a bit of end user education, and there's just no way around it; regardless of how many bits of AV/AT software someone might want to run concurrently (or even having only one running on-access and the other just being available for on-demand scanning). If someone is either very determined to infect their machine, or simply clueless in the realm of prevention, even the "best" AV/AT software can eventually let something slip by. > I am considering running side by side nod32 & AVG... At best, that's useless overkill in my view (I also still have questions as to AVG's overall quality). As far as *anti-virus* goes, NOD32 alone should be enough (see again my comments above concerning "careful practices"). Trojans are another issue, and even with a great AV like NOD32, I still feel a little better running BOClean alongside (these two do not conflict, as they work on different levels, and in different ways). -- Melissa PGP public keys: http://www.kuviahunnihautik.tk/ TB! v2.12.00 on Windows XP 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
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