David W. Hodgins said:Your a new poster here. Every once in a while, some m$ paid patsy
shows up to claim their software is good, and I suspect you are
another silly m$ employee.
You're also obviously new to usenet
Eventually, I expect you'll learn to trim your articles, of you'll
find yourself plonked by all of the regular posters here.
Sure,
M$ has purchased another anti virus application. I expect, within
a year or two, they will give up trying to maintain it, just like
they did before, with MSAV.
I've gotten so frustrated trying to maintain systems where the
fools who designed them made the mistake of using M$ software,
that, yes, I really dislike the company.
For you to call me an idiot for blaming m$ for producing crapware,
instead of good software, just shows who the real idiot is.
I find it amusing, that you are afraid to use your real name.
I'm laughing at your silly reply.
Buffalo said:The Central Scrutinizer wrote:
[snip]Hey pal I am the central scrutinizer not you OK. I'll tell you what
to trim and what not to trim. You dig?
You truely sound like an ignorant, but arrogant, idiot.
Buffalo
About 6 days ago my avast AV that I had used for years suddenly
refused to connect me to its update server.
That is a often repeated misunderstanding (or prejudice ?).
Many, many people (millions of users) use Avira Antivir, Avast or AVG
(all free products) to their complete satisfaction and never have a
problem.
And did you notice Microsoft Security Essentials, which is another
*free* anti-virus solution, this time from Microsoft.
I understand your view is "a few years old".
How did you come to prefer NOD32?
Bill said:I look at it
this way. If I am using something for free, if it doesn't update I have nothing
to complain about. It was free. But if I am using a paid product, the software
company is more likely to ensure that I get those updates when I'm supposed to.
FredW said:I understand your view is "a few years old".
(your reasoning is now obsolete.)
Perhaps reading in the forums of the producers can give you a different
view of nowadays ?
;-)
Bill said:X-No-Archive: Yes
Yeah, well. So am I. And I failed to mention, the primary reason that I don't
use free anti-virus is that NOD32 isn't free.
FredW said:How did you come to prefer NOD32?
Michael wrote:
[snip]I guess I'm still having trouble realizing that ALL update functions
from all AVs and all A-Malwares can be completely blocked from
working. I had just assumed they all are updated via different paths/
protocols/urls or whatever. Ongoing thanks guys.
Have you tried to manually update from the Avira Desktop? Clicking on the
Update tab on top and then selecting Manual after going to the Avira site
and manually downloading the latest definitions?
Buffalo
If you dl and install the latest version of MBAM, it should contain about
the latest updates.
Dustin said:Michael wrote:
[snip]I guess I'm still having trouble realizing that ALL update functions
from all AVs and all A-Malwares can be completely blocked from
working. I had just assumed they all are updated via different paths/
protocols/urls or whatever. Ongoing thanks guys.
Have you tried to manually update from the Avira Desktop? Clicking on the
Update tab on top and then selecting Manual after going to the Avira site
and manually downloading the latest definitions?
Buffalo
If you dl and install the latest version of MBAM, it should contain about
the latest updates.
That's entirely incorrect. The latest and greatest public version of MBAM
does not contain close to the latest updates. It contains whatever update
file was available when it was first published. It has to, absolutely HAS
TO be updated prior to scanning. The database it comes with is OUT OF DATE
withen hours of the install becoming available.
Dustin said:Michael wrote:
[snip]I guess I'm still having trouble realizing that ALL update functions
from all AVs and all A-Malwares can be completely blocked from
working. I had just assumed they all are updated via different
paths/ protocols/urls or whatever. Ongoing thanks guys.
Have you tried to manually update from the Avira Desktop? Clicking
on the Update tab on top and then selecting Manual after going to
the Avira site and manually downloading the latest definitions?
Buffalo
If you dl and install the latest version of MBAM, it should contain
about the latest updates.
That's entirely incorrect. The latest and greatest public version of
MBAM does not contain close to the latest updates. It contains
whatever update file was available when it was first published. It
has to, absolutely HAS TO be updated prior to scanning. The database
it comes with is OUT OF DATE withen hours of the install becoming
available.