On 24/01/2011 05:28 πμ, Tim wrote:
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It's impossible to keep it away, when you're having to deal
with
things that can only be bought, or paid for, over the internet.
Likewise with other account managing scenarios.
Well we live in different countries so i guess things out there are a
bit different , around here i guess i should say that internet isn´t
that much intergrated to our lives , so there is no such scenario .
So i guess i will take your word for that matter
I've yet to find good anti-virus for Windows.
Well all i can say is that a black hole does exist although u can´t
see it with your eyes or a normal telescope ( Chandra isn´t a
normal telescope ) likewise the fact that u didn´t found one doesn´t
necessarily mean that it doesn´t exist .
No, I don't care to know, I don't use it any more.
It figures , if u really wanted one , you would have found it even by
accident .
I and don't provide support to other people using it any more,
either.
I like being able to tell suffering Windows users who ask for my help,
"sorry I don't use it > any more, and can't recommend anything to
you."
What I would> consistently find were the following:
Viruses getting through completely unnoticed, since the viruses are
always developed well ahead of any anti-virus developments.
That is because they are supposed to be developed that way . If there
was an antivirus that could heal all viruses then there wouldn´t be any
need for further developing antivirus software .
Viruses getting through despite the anti-virus software being able
to recognise it. You'd get a warning that "you have been infected,"
and then you had to waste lots of time to disinfect. Where, what we
expected is for the anti-virus software to stop the attempt.
Well if the antivirus software doesn´t have the antivirus signature then
there
is noway that it would prevent the infection . If u don´t know that
something is
out there in front of u , u can´t avoid it . That would be quite normal .
Viruses being unremovable because Windows wouldn't let you
modify
/that/ file at the moment. But, the virus was allowed to modify
/that/ file.
Sorry but that´s a bit flawed . If you had keep some touch with Windows
u would
know that there are boot viruses , which load ahead of the system and of
course the
NTFS driver . The NTFS driver is the one that locks the partition
containing the system
which causes the nightmares and that´s the solution to the problem also .
The anti-virus software being a complete pain. Making a system run
slowly, causing ordinary software to fail, and being a convoluted
nightmare to use it.
Well i don´t know if SELinux makes a computer far slower but SELinux would
be equally a nightmare and by all means before the last update of the
SELinux
policies , as normal user i was unable even to start X Windows so let´s
skip the
argument about software failing due to the antivirus but yes if u wish i
have run
into problems due to the antivirus blocking things but then again the
solution was
only a minute away and far more easier .
One last note since i forgot to mention it earlier . The thing with the
computer at home
is that has mostly personal data for the owner of the house and so the
damage would
be limited to him but on a working environment there are databases with
clients data , the
logistics department has databases with personnel data , ..... . So if
such a database was
compromised then the losses would be far worse ( ok granted u would
replace the database
from a backup ) because the data of the personnel / clients would have
leaked to the
hacker , .......... so i do believe the side effects of such thing would
be far more worse .