Re: Thank you.

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And by the way, you are more than welcome. I am glad I could assist you.

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Michael D. Alligood
MCSA, MCDST, MCP, A+,
Network+, i-Net+, CIW Assoc.,
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"BoaterDave" <BoaterDave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:O$XMMguJHHA.4992@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

I really appreciate your comments, Michael. :)

Thank you for taking the time and trouble to help me.

Whilst I know that there are differing views, I'm now using NIS 2006 and
hope this will help protect my PC!

As I have personally not deliberately added any'bat' files to my PC, I have
deleted all but Autoexec.bat :)

David
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"Michael D. Alligood" <mdalligood@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eoI3Q8JJHHA.1280@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Almost all AV programs now have heuristics scanning. To further explain,
> heuristics scanning "is similar to signature scanning, except that instead
> of looking for specific signatures, heuristic scanning looks for certain
> instructions or commands within a program that are not found in typical
> application programs. As a result, a heuristic engine is able to detect
> potentially malicious functionality in new, previously unexamined,
> malicious functionality such as the replication mechanism of a virus, the
> distribution routine of a worm or the payload of a trojan." (Markus
> Schmall).
>
> So along with detecting viruses by using "virus signatures", AV programs
> also look for "certain instructions or commands within a program that are
> not found in typical application programs." Possibly detecting your *.bat
> files. While there is no golden AV program that detect all suspicious
> programs, files and scripts -- and I do not want to continue this thread
> with the "Best AV program" on the market, it should perform heuristic
> scans to help locate these suspicious files/programs.
>
> I hope this clears things up.
>
> --
> Michael D. Alligood
> MCSA, MCDST, MCP, A+,
> Network+, i-Net+, CIW Assoc.,
> CIW Certified Instructor
>
>
>
> "BoaterDave" <BoaterDave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:OB4bh8IJHHA.4848@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>
>> Thank you for your view, Ken.
>>
>> .............. so if they *could* be, would they be identified by an
>> anti-virus scan?
>>
>> I think not. You may know different - I'm still willing to learn! :)
>>
>> Please see my response to Michael. Thank you.
>>
>> David
>> _________________________________________________
>> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:OkaabvFJHHA.5000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Although it's possible that such
>> > commands *could* be mailicious, there's nothing about their being in a
>> > bat
>> > file that makes them so, and most bat files by far are completely
>> > innoucuous.
>>
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> > Please reply to the newsgroup
>> >
>

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