Comments on: Ronald, Stop Scaring Poor AVG! http://hackademix.net/2008/05/28/ronald-stop-scaring-poor-avg/ Giorgio Maone's answers to the Web, the Universe, and Everything Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:17:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Lucas Malor http://hackademix.net/2008/05/28/ronald-stop-scaring-poor-avg/#comment-8741 Lucas Malor Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:03:42 +0000 http://hackademix.net/2008/05/28/ronald-stop-scaring-poor-avg/#comment-8741 Hey Maone, do you ever take a look to Avira Antivir? It's the best rated by Av-Comparatives: http://www.av-comparatives.org/ Hey Maone, do you ever take a look to Avira Antivir? It’s the best rated by Av-Comparatives:

http://www.av-comparatives.org/

]]> By: Ronald van den Heetkamp http://hackademix.net/2008/05/28/ronald-stop-scaring-poor-avg/#comment-8109 Ronald van den Heetkamp Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:18:12 +0000 http://hackademix.net/2008/05/28/ronald-stop-scaring-poor-avg/#comment-8109 And another reason why blacklisted signature-based AV is just useless, I had to re-write te article, I mean I am bowing down before AVG now. But what choice do i have? I wonder how the qualify sites as Securityfocus and Symantec then, who also host such code as examples? And another reason why blacklisted signature-based AV is just useless, I had to re-write te article, I mean I am bowing down before AVG now. But what choice do i have? I wonder how the qualify sites as Securityfocus and Symantec then, who also host such code as examples?

]]> By: Changlinn http://hackademix.net/2008/05/28/ronald-stop-scaring-poor-avg/#comment-8102 Changlinn Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:20:00 +0000 http://hackademix.net/2008/05/28/ronald-stop-scaring-poor-avg/#comment-8102 I had the same thing happen a few years ago when I emailed some code not as an attachment as plain text in the body of the email. I had found this code on a clients machine that I knew was a virus, but their av wasn't picking up, I wanted to inspect it at my PC, well the mail admin came running down to me... your machine has a virus, ahhh... even though I got the email his mail filter picked it up and warned him, it took me about an hour to explain to him how this was happening and why he shouldn't be concerned. We should all move away from live scanners, clamav for the win. I had the same thing happen a few years ago when I emailed some code not as an attachment as plain text in the body of the email. I had found this code on a clients machine that I knew was a virus, but their av wasn’t picking up, I wanted to inspect it at my PC, well the mail admin came running down to me… your machine has a virus, ahhh… even though I got the email his mail filter picked it up and warned him, it took me about an hour to explain to him how this was happening and why he shouldn’t be concerned.
We should all move away from live scanners, clamav for the win.

]]> By: BlogCini http://hackademix.net/2008/05/28/ronald-stop-scaring-poor-avg/#comment-8075 BlogCini Fri, 30 May 2008 13:20:43 +0000 http://hackademix.net/2008/05/28/ronald-stop-scaring-poor-avg/#comment-8075 I love firefox, but i had AVG...Because very slow and anyway file is alert virus!... I love and a favorite virus pro ; Avast :D Thank you... [Im sorry, because i speak very little English :) ] I love firefox, but i had AVG…Because very slow and anyway file is alert virus!…

I love and a favorite virus pro ; Avast :D

Thank you…

[Im sorry, because i speak very little English :) ]

]]> By: Sirw2p http://hackademix.net/2008/05/28/ronald-stop-scaring-poor-avg/#comment-8064 Sirw2p Thu, 29 May 2008 09:32:28 +0000 http://hackademix.net/2008/05/28/ronald-stop-scaring-poor-avg/#comment-8064 Ronald you must write about gadgets and not about security if you want that your host provider dont put off your host xD. Cheers Ronald you must write about gadgets and not about security if you want that your host provider dont put off your host xD.

Cheers

]]> By: Giorgio http://hackademix.net/2008/05/28/ronald-stop-scaring-poor-avg/#comment-8063 Giorgio Thu, 29 May 2008 09:20:32 +0000 http://hackademix.net/2008/05/28/ronald-stop-scaring-poor-avg/#comment-8063 @<b>Neil</b>: To have something funny to blog about :) Actually, here in Italy we've got a privacy law requiring companies processing personal data to have a real time AV product installed, working and up to date on every workstation. Yet another <a href="http://www.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/2007/01/72561" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external" rel="nofollow">security theater</a> example... @Neil:
To have something funny to blog about :)
Actually, here in Italy we’ve got a privacy law requiring companies processing personal data to have a real time AV product installed, working and up to date on every workstation.
Yet another security theater example…

]]> By: Neil http://hackademix.net/2008/05/28/ronald-stop-scaring-poor-avg/#comment-8062 Neil Thu, 29 May 2008 09:04:55 +0000 http://hackademix.net/2008/05/28/ronald-stop-scaring-poor-avg/#comment-8062 If you're that secure then do you need to run real-time AV? ;-) If you’re that secure then do you need to run real-time AV? ;-)

]]> By: Peng’s links for Wednesday, 28 May » lolcat.us http://hackademix.net/2008/05/28/ronald-stop-scaring-poor-avg/#comment-8061 Peng’s links for Wednesday, 28 May » lolcat.us Wed, 28 May 2008 22:42:32 +0000 http://hackademix.net/2008/05/28/ronald-stop-scaring-poor-avg/#comment-8061 [...] another reason you may want to give it a spin. UPDATED 2:00 pm: Poor Giorgio. He posted an update to his alert about the Flash vulnerability he started getting popups all over the place stating [...] […] another reason you may want to give it a spin. UPDATED 2:00 pm: Poor Giorgio. He posted an update to his alert about the Flash vulnerability he started getting popups all over the place stating […]

]]> By: Ronald van den Heetkamp http://hackademix.net/2008/05/28/ronald-stop-scaring-poor-avg/#comment-8059 Ronald van den Heetkamp Wed, 28 May 2008 18:45:09 +0000 http://hackademix.net/2008/05/28/ronald-stop-scaring-poor-avg/#comment-8059 It's actually worse, people are writing my provider and telling them to shut my site down :)) LOL it's being made impossible to write about security. It’s actually worse, people are writing my provider and telling them to shut my site down :)) LOL it’s being made impossible to write about security.

]]> By: Peng’s links for Wednesday, 28 May « I’m Just an Avatar http://hackademix.net/2008/05/28/ronald-stop-scaring-poor-avg/#comment-8058 Peng’s links for Wednesday, 28 May « I’m Just an Avatar Wed, 28 May 2008 18:05:43 +0000 http://hackademix.net/2008/05/28/ronald-stop-scaring-poor-avg/#comment-8058 [...] another reason you may want to give it a spin. UPDATED 2:00 pm: Poor Giorgio. He posted an update to his alert about the Flash vulnerability he started getting popups all over the place stating [...] […] another reason you may want to give it a spin. UPDATED 2:00 pm: Poor Giorgio. He posted an update to his alert about the Flash vulnerability he started getting popups all over the place stating […]

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