Re: new to ng
From: Phil (itchy&scratchy_at_homer.doh.no.spam)
Date: 11/03/04
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Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 10:55:43 -0500
"Wislu Plethora" <wislu@plethora.com> wrote in message
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> "t.cruise" <t__cruise@[NoSpam]hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OQORBGUwEHA.356@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> I wouldn't call the AVG FREE version "Top of the line." But, I've
>> been using it for almost two years, and find that it performs well,
>> isn't bloated, is fast, and is current with updates. No AV program
>> can protect a system 100%. The user has to practice SAFE PC habits:
>>
>> 1. Don't open unsolicited email attachments even if the sender is
>> someone you know. Infected systems can automatically replicate the
>> worm and send to the addresses in the address book from the email
>> address of the infected system.
>> 2. Always have a decent firewall running, and know how to use it.
>> 3. Don't accept web site software installs, or Active X control
>> installs unless it's a VERY reputable site.
>> 4. Turn off your preview pane off if you're using Outlook Express,
>> in case someone has sent a malicious script in an html email.
>> 5. File sharing services are hotbeds for viruses/worms. Avoid them.
>> 6. If you use Microsoft Word, set your Macro Security to Medium,
>> which will bring up a dialog box asking if you want the macro to
>> run, if you open a Word Document that has a macro. Unless you are
>> sure that the macro is safe, don't allow it to run.
>> 6. Get an email monitoring utility like Magic Mail Monitor, which
>> downloads email headers at user specified intervals, and allows you
>> to right click headers and left click: Delete. So you can delete
>> spam or questionable email from the server before it's downloaded to
>> your system. Or, you can double click a header, and the email will
>> open in Notepad as text, which can't infect your system, and you'll
>> be able to see if there's anything that should not be there like a
>> pif, scr, vbs files etc. in text, and allow you to delete the
>> message from the server. I don't download any email in Outlook
>> Express which I haven't first checked out with Magic Mail Monitor
>> (FREE), and which I highly recommend. It polls my mail server every
>> 10 minutes (can be configured for more or less time) and a window
>> pops up with headers for new email. If an email needs a quick
>> reply, you can click on Quick Reply and an Outlook Express (or your
>> default email) compose window will open, already addressed to the
>> sender. It also does multiple email accounts. You can download
>> Magic Mail Monitor at:
>>
>> http://mmm3.sourceforge.net/
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> Your advice is good in general. Still, I don't know what you mean
> when you say that AVG "performs well." It has not performed well in
> comparative testing, in general, although recent results have shown
> some improvement. As I pointed out in an earlier post, the fact that
> one has had no virus infections while using any given program is not
> in itself a reliable indicator of efficacy.
Not sure what world you live in, but that's really the only practical way to
measure how good a product is. People buy something, it works great for
them, they buy it again and tell there friends to buy it. Most do not look
at test after test to decide which soap is the best for them or which
cleaner is the best. They look at price, commercials, and marketing, choose
a product, if it works thery keep it, if it doesn't they toss it.
In independent studies I seen Volvo cars were #1 in safety, yet there are
hundreds of other models available. How can this be? Why don't we all have
Volvos. The test say they're the best, so there shouldn't even be any other
cars and we certainly shouldn't ever say another car is better because the
independant tests say the Volvo is the best. It outperforms all cars in
safety yet they have one of the smallest market shares. Could it be because
practical people, in general, don't care about independant tests, they care
about real world experience. You're view is a typical liberal view, using
polls and comparisons to try to force what you think is your opinion on
others, never caring how that product works in the real world. Little do you
know what you think is your opinion is just what the left wing media has
drilled into your head and you just regurgitate their views. Try thinking
for yourself for once and use YOUR experience to guide your way. Don't fall
into the liberal trap that if someone doesn't agree with you they are wrong,
because that's just not a realistic view. Everyone has or should have their
own opinions. Mine is that I like avg better.
>At any rate, you're
> correct--the practices and habits of users will generally dictate the
> level of safety they enjoy.
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