[Healeys] Antivirus comparison OFF-TOPIC -Don't reply to list.

tomfelts at windstream.net tomfelts at windstream.net
Tue Dec 9 07:15:42 MST 2008


I wasn't going to commnent on this but -------Sorry Al. He was just trying to be helpful.  Wasn't your reply just a little over the top?

Regards
tom 
---- Al Malin <amalin at mac.com> wrote: 
> I couldn't care less about anti virus programs.  I don't use them and  
> don't understand why you had to bomb the list with this crap.
> 
> Al Malin
> 
> On Dec 8, 2008, at 11:05 PM, RThrift wrote:
> 
> > This is a topic that has come up recently and is relevant to the  
> > majority of us on this list, as PC users.  I want to share a  
> > resource, but don't want to start an "oil thread" (one based on  
> > personal opinion, biased, based on tiny sample size)
> >
> > Google, in warning against a malware-infected website that a search  
> > turned up, recommended the following site:
> > http://www.stopbadware.org/home/badware_remove
> >
> > which suggested this site,  among others:
> > http://www.av-comparatives.org/
> > Click on the "comparatives" tab, then look at the 2 latest reports,  
> > 19 & 20.
> >
> > The "retrospective" "proactive" tests are probably the most  
> > important as far as real-world effectiveness; for explanation see
> > http://www.mcafee.com/us/local_content/white_papers/threat_center/wp_imuttik_vb_conf_2001.pdf
> > This also shows the errors that you will get in the ratings if you  
> > don't test a huge number of viruses & other malware in your  
> > comparison.
> >
> > Recently on the Healey list there have been several free & paid  
> > antivirus programs discussed.  At av-comparatives.org, free programs  
> > tended to show more false positives, resulting in lower ratings.  It  
> > was mentioned on the forum that this site is starting to consider  
> > use of system resources by the AV programs (which was mentioned  
> > prominently in the Healey list discussion) , but I didn't notice  
> > this yet in the comparison summaries.
> >
> > Bottom line: many AV programs are acceptable, some are better, none  
> > are perfect.
> > Over the years there is much random & systematic variation, so you  
> > need to consider results over several years.
> > http://www.av-comparatives.org/forum/index.php? 
> > page=Thread&threadID=798
> >
> > My take from personal experience: The risk of hardware failures may  
> > exceed the risk of viruses & malware, but to deal with BOTH you'd  
> > better be darn sure to do full system backups on a scheduled  
> > routine.   Some people will learn this the hard way - & some won't  
> > learn.
> >
> > regards
> > Richard Thrift
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