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Join Date: Jan 2001
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And BTW,
Using more than 1 good AV or AS program is overkill and gives you little return. Using Firefox with NoScript gives you better protection than IE with a ton of AV/AS programs because the major root cause of infections is bad DLLs that run code as LocalSystem. Putting a ton of protection up via multiple AV/AS programs and using IE is like using a condom while putting holes in it. You're not fixing the root cause of the issue, and you're making your system run like crap with mostly useless protection. One good AV/AS program like AVG, Firefox, NoScript, FlashBlock, and keeping your products updated will make your system run well and well-protected. |
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Join Date: Jan 2001
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If Conflcker is as prevalent as predicted, then some here should have seen their anti-virus software detect it. As I understand from what is not being said, some anti-virus softwares do not detect or do not remove this widespread new worm. |
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Join Date: Jan 2001
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TW, the latest MS patches guard against Conficker
TW,
The latest MS patches from January guard against Conficker. Some AV programs do not detect it. I believe AVG does. |
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Apparently Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal tool and Symantec do detect Conficker. But that means the January version of the Malicious Software Removal tool must be downloaded manually from www.microsoft.com/downloads . Above is what I have read; not confirmed. However this could be a benchmark for which anti-virus products are better. |
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