OT: Using AVG's "certified" tag

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Dugie

Hi,

I've had a user on a palm newsgroup write:
BTW, Dugie, I also use AVG. You may wish to disable the outgoing "certified"
message, as some systems consider it spam and delete it, or report it.
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Is there any validity to this "spam" comment?
Thanks!

- Dugie
 
Hi,

I've had a user on a palm newsgroup write:


Is there any validity to this "spam" comment?
Thanks!

- Dugie
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Some posters dont like it (especially those that dont use avg) because it
may give a false sense of security to those reciving a "a virus free"
certification , when in fact the av (which isnt at the top end of
virus/trojan detection)may not have detected a virus or trojan in the
mail.Personally however i dont see anything wrong in it and many other avs
also add a sig.It is also handy to remind your friends etc to update thier
database etc as the certification also shows virus database and version
info.When i used AVG (i now use avast) i just changed it to outgoing mail
has been scanned.
me
 
Dugie said:
I've had a user on a palm newsgroup write:


Is there any validity to this "spam" comment?
Thanks!

- Dugie
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It's not spam but many do not like it. I don't like it myslef.
 
bassbag said:
(e-mail address removed) says...

Some posters dont like it (especially those that dont use avg)
because it may give a false sense of security to those reciving a "a
virus free" certification , when in fact the av (which isnt at the
top end of virus/trojan detection)may not have detected a virus or
trojan in the mail.Personally however i dont see anything wrong in it
and many other avs also add a sig.It is also handy to remind your
friends etc to update thier database etc as the certification also
shows virus database and version info.When i used AVG (i now use
avast) i just changed it to outgoing mail has been scanned.
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It's silly to append this to a plain text message in a text only
newsgroup. In that context, yes, it is nothing but an advertisement.

I let AVG "certify" only my outgoing messages that have attachments, if
for no other reason than to re-assure some of my clue deficient
correspondents. Even in that circumstance, it's superfluous.

I would suggest you either configure it as I've done, or turn it off
altogether.
 
bassbag said:
(e-mail address removed) says...

Some posters dont like it (especially those that dont use avg) because it
may give a false sense of security to those reciving a "a virus free"
certification , when in fact the av (which isnt at the top end of
virus/trojan detection)may not have detected a virus or trojan in the
Click to expand...

I thought AVG ranked with McAfee and Norton's.
mail.Personally however i dont see anything wrong in it and many other avs
also add a sig.It is also handy to remind your friends etc to update thier
database etc as the certification also shows virus database and version
info.When i used AVG (i now use avast) i just changed it to outgoing mail
has been scanned.
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Thanks for your opinions. I've changed the notification to messages with attachments only.

- Dugie
 
It's silly to append this to a plain text message in a text only
newsgroup. In that context, yes, it is nothing but an advertisement.

I let AVG "certify" only my outgoing messages that have attachments, if
for no other reason than to re-assure some of my clue deficient
correspondents. Even in that circumstance, it's superfluous.

I would suggest you either configure it as I've done, or turn it off
altogether.
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As I said ..its a personal thing.I dont see any problem in the certification
whatsover,and from experience is handy to remind friends and colleagues to
update , if they havent already.As far as it being advertising , it just
gives a link to grisoft website.There are many respected posters here , who
post and give a link to thier website too.Whats wrong with that?
me
 
I thought AVG ranked with McAfee and Norton's.


Thanks for your opinions. I've changed the notification to messages with attachments only.

- Dugie
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AVG is a decent enough av... though in virus detection comparisons,usually
rates lower than mcafee.However i used it for 3 years and was never
infected with a virus as it caught them all.I now use avast (which also
rates lower than mcafee in many tests)as a resident scanner but also run a
weekly scan with escan virus utility tool (freeware)as an on demand
scanner.It uses the kaspersky engine and can clean as well as detect.It is
(in my opinion )probably the best av scanner.With both ..you wont go far
wrong
http://www.mwti.net/antivirus/free_utilities.asp
me
 
I thought AVG ranked with McAfee and Norton's.
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Even if AVG was top notch (which it isn't, and neither is NAV) it
wouldn't matter. The AVG certification message turns people off
because it's a lie. No scanner can certify anything to be virus free.
Thanks for your opinions. I've changed the notification to messages with attachments only.
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Good! :)


Art
http://www.epix.net/~artnpeg
 
bassbag said:
(e-mail address removed) says...

As I said ..its a personal thing.I dont see any problem in the
certification whatsover,and from experience is handy to remind
friends and colleagues to update , if they havent already.As far as
it being advertising , it just gives a link to grisoft website.There
are many respected posters here , who post and give a link to thier
website too.Whats wrong with that?
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Not a thing. I agree, it's a personal thing. As the OP was asking for
input, I offered my thoughts.

It wasn't clear that my "suggestion" was being offered to the OP. My
bad.
 
Dugie schreef:
I thought AVG ranked with McAfee and Norton's.
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In the AV-company average response time test that the German c't magazine
published some time ago McAffee & Norton were among the very slowest to
respond to new viruses, AVG was somewhere in the middle IIRC, Kaspersky was
the fastest.
 
In the AV-company average response time test that the German c't magazine
published some time ago McAffee & Norton were among the very slowest to
respond to new viruses, AVG was somewhere in the middle IIRC, Kaspersky was
the fastest.
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Another kind of interesting test has been done at Uni Hamburg VTC.
They did a comparative using months-old defs (or sigs) to see which
scanners had the best heuristics. McAfee, surprisingly, came out on
top.


Art
http://www.epix.net/~artnpeg
 
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