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Bill Sanderson MVP
Take a look at the upper right hand side of the new portal--one-click links
to the latest definitions!
to the latest definitions!
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Anonymous Bob
Bill Sanderson MVP said:
I hate horizontal scroll bars. I guess I need to upgrade to a 21" monitor.
;-)
Bob Vanderveen
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Randy Knobloch
Bill Sanderson MVP said:
A cursory glance at the site has me impressed.
Lets see how the site develops and I'll give my non-Beta review <w>
Cheers
Randy
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siljaline
MS - MVP Windows (IE/OE) & Windows Security, AH-VSOP
Security Tools Updates:
http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=31
Please reply to group, as return address is invalid that we may all benefit.
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Dave M
Well, I think it's a step in the right direction and certainly long
overdue, but I really must point out some glaring errors. Win32/Vundo.G
for instance is a bit older than March 30, 2007, though these documents
claim it was both published and "discovered" on that date... That's
nonsense, since it was first detected by Defender in May of 2006, and was
infecting PCs long before Defender started picking it up. Actually, most
of the dates in this document seem highly dubious with "discoveries"
claimed as being very recent for the most part.
The Vundo.G reference says "This software threat is detected by the
Microsoft antivirus engine." while many other references don't make claims
of any detection by any Microsoft product... which would lead anyone to
reasonably believe that Microsoft doesn't detect those infections at all,
but are merely listed here in the form of an encyclopedia, unless it
explicitly says Ms detects it... who knows, maybe that is the case.
I also found the encyclopedia search A - Z function cumbersome. As in the
above Vundo.G search, if you enter just the allowed one letter "V" for the
search you get returned 34337 hits... then it lets you start paging through
them at 20 hits to the page. That's a lot of paging to get to the "VU"s.
It's not appropriate to have a one letter A - Z search with this many
entries/hits in the database. I know you can type VUndo in the search
box... but if you don't know that spelling or you try the alternative names
vurtumonde/virtumonde, or vurtumondo/virtumondo you don't get any hits
returned.
Even with these problems, implementing this is a good idea, so thanks for
that.
overdue, but I really must point out some glaring errors. Win32/Vundo.G
for instance is a bit older than March 30, 2007, though these documents
claim it was both published and "discovered" on that date... That's
nonsense, since it was first detected by Defender in May of 2006, and was
infecting PCs long before Defender started picking it up. Actually, most
of the dates in this document seem highly dubious with "discoveries"
claimed as being very recent for the most part.
The Vundo.G reference says "This software threat is detected by the
Microsoft antivirus engine." while many other references don't make claims
of any detection by any Microsoft product... which would lead anyone to
reasonably believe that Microsoft doesn't detect those infections at all,
but are merely listed here in the form of an encyclopedia, unless it
explicitly says Ms detects it... who knows, maybe that is the case.
I also found the encyclopedia search A - Z function cumbersome. As in the
above Vundo.G search, if you enter just the allowed one letter "V" for the
search you get returned 34337 hits... then it lets you start paging through
them at 20 hits to the page. That's a lot of paging to get to the "VU"s.
It's not appropriate to have a one letter A - Z search with this many
entries/hits in the database. I know you can type VUndo in the search
box... but if you don't know that spelling or you try the alternative names
vurtumonde/virtumonde, or vurtumondo/virtumondo you don't get any hits
returned.
Even with these problems, implementing this is a good idea, so thanks for
that.
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Bill Sanderson MVP
Great feedback! I noticed after I posted this that there is a feedback link
at the top line, middle of the page on the site itself, which leads to an
email form.
So--probably using that form will be the most direct way of giving feedback,
but there may well be folks reading here who can pass that feedback along as
well.
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at the top line, middle of the page on the site itself, which leads to an
email form.
So--probably using that form will be the most direct way of giving feedback,
but there may well be folks reading here who can pass that feedback along as
well.
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Guest
It looks like they have a long way to go before this portal can be compared
to what Symantec, McAfee, Kaspersky, and others provide. I'm currently unable
to use any Microsoft security products, even Defender, and am not happy about
it. One Care began refusing to recognize my paid subscription ID after the
January upgrade and support could never fix it. I can't use Defender because
it's incompatible with Kaspersky and McAfee VirusScan Plus disables it. I
even had to quit using MSN dialup because the servers seemed to have
continual problems synchronizing my settings. Even trying to post a reply at
this NG is a gamble nowadays using IE or AOL browsers. Color me unhappy and
confused. The Encyclopedia seems almost useless because of the tedioius
search function. It is a step in the right direction, though, and I think
there should be a prominent place to display the current definition numbers
for One Care as well as Defender, so people could see easily if they are
really up to date. FWIW.
to what Symantec, McAfee, Kaspersky, and others provide. I'm currently unable
to use any Microsoft security products, even Defender, and am not happy about
it. One Care began refusing to recognize my paid subscription ID after the
January upgrade and support could never fix it. I can't use Defender because
it's incompatible with Kaspersky and McAfee VirusScan Plus disables it. I
even had to quit using MSN dialup because the servers seemed to have
continual problems synchronizing my settings. Even trying to post a reply at
this NG is a gamble nowadays using IE or AOL browsers. Color me unhappy and
confused. The Encyclopedia seems almost useless because of the tedioius
search function. It is a step in the right direction, though, and I think
there should be a prominent place to display the current definition numbers
for One Care as well as Defender, so people could see easily if they are
really up to date. FWIW.