DJK (John) Robinson
djkr at msn.com
Sat Oct 24 18:57:52 CDT 2009
"...time will tell..." Yes, and meanwhile I shall not entrust any valuable system to depending it! John -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Bartow Sent: 24 October 2009 19:56 To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] free What they may have been were items in AVG's quarantine or (unimportant) traces of those items that AVG didn't remove. I've seen this happen in the past with products that want to "prove" they are better than the competition. Usually the free downloads that scan but don't remove until you purchase the activation key. I think this is probably where the fake anti-virus people got their idea from originally <grrr>. But actually AVG has not been all that good over the past year. I no longer use it and have replaced all of my client's AVG security with either Vipre or Antivir. Eventually time will tell if MS can provide an effective security product. They couldn't with "Windows Defender" so my guess is no but I'd love to be proven wrong. -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Max Wanadoo Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 10:43 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] free Don't know John, I just removed them. If MS didn't know what they were then that was good enough for me. Nothing untoward has happened, so.... Max -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of DJK (John) Robinson Sent: 23 October 2009 22:13 To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] free And were those three items *definitely* viruses, or false positives? Did it clean them? John -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Max Wanadoo Sent: 21 October 2009 17:15 To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] free Hi Peter, I have removed AVG Enterprise edition and installed the Security_Essentials in their place on 3 machines. On one machine it found 3 items that AVG had never picked up. So far, I am delighted with it. You do have to uninstall other AV software as part of the installation, so to save time, you should do that before you start installing it, otherwise you only have to start over needlessly. Time will tell, but for me, so far so good. Max -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Peter Brawley Sent: 21 October 2009 16:36 To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] free Max, Thanks for posting this link. This review <http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/1324> says "even for free software, and from Microsoft, it's pretty weird." Another review <http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/software/352417/microsoft-security-essential s> says it's OK but weak, and a third <http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/10/04/microsoft-security-essentials-rev iew/> recommends it. I'm left to wonder if it adds significant functionality to what other free AV tools like AFG offer. Any ideas? PB ----- Max Wanadoo wrote: > http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/ > > > > Max > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.422 / Virus Database: 270.14.21/2445 - Release Date: > 10/19/09 06:40:00 > > _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com