[LMB] OT: virusscan 11 from McAfee - avoid it

[B. Ross Ashley]

On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 23:50:54 -0400, Katrina Knight <kknight at epix.net>
wrote:

 > At 11:36 PM 8/3/2006 M Traber wrote:
 > >Sue Wartell wrote:
 >> >>If McAfee suggests that you upgrade to their newest software
 >> >>version, do not take them up on the offer.
 > >
 > >YeeGhods, change to AVG free, it is *free* <squee> and works
 > >beautifully, and doesn't take up much drive space at all.

 > I second that recommendation. McAfee makes some of the worst
 > anti-virus protection programs I've ever seen. (There are
 > multiple products sold under that brand name. They're not all
 > created equal.) I regularly see people using the free versions
 > that AOL and Comcast give out who have problems caused by
 > malware that AVG detects just fine.

 > >I still like symantec, despite what everybody else thinks about
 > >it, but it and world of warcraft had conflicts, and i am
 > >seriously addicted to warcraft...

 > NAV does a good job of stopping viruses, but loading the whole
 > Norton Internet Security package can cause an assortment of
 > problems. Noticable slowness is one fairly common problem. The
 > Norton firewall seems rather whimsical in its decisions on what
 > to block and not block when it is set to make its own decisions.
 > (Blocking IE from all internet access does make your computer
 > safer, but it really isn't what most people have in mind when
 > they install a firewall.)

I prefer avast! antivirus myself, it just seems more thorough ... I run 
it on my Windows serverbox, and on Sandie's Windows box as well (she 
insists on Windows until we can buy her a Mac; her Neopets games don't 
play at all well without Shockwave.)

But on this box here I run klamav, just to make sure I don't pass on any 
infected emails to the vulnerable.

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