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AstaLaVista I also agree but, if none of the apps will help you on a o-day malaware, what good are they really if that virus is the one who will destroy your rig completely? Wouldn't we be better off making sure our backups are up to date and just hope that you will only loose a day or two worth of needed data when they strike?
Again... I'm torn!
Hi ALV
No program is entirely secure and nothing is guaranteed against 0-day threats but this is where a top heuristics engine comes into play, Heuristics works on behavior and other patterns malware exhibits, so this is still the best defense against 0-day stuff.
We're ALL still torn my friend...we're all still torn..
Nod32 has what's considered to be the BEST heuristics engine today and this is what puts them just above other competitors in most opinions.
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NormCameron Hi chappie, I used MalwareBytes AntiMalware, as per advice from this forum, I believed I got it all but every now and then something tried to run, giving me a BSOD "No Video Driver?". So I did a reinstall.
Yah...sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do eh.
I'm sure MBAM got all of the Zlob variant, but maybe something else got you as well. We'll never know will we and I'm with you that it's probably best to just start clean again after any infection, even if you (seemingly) get rid of it.
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pooch Its quite easy for us to sit her and discuss this. The trouble is that many average users are just not "savvy" enough, or they just don't care. They are ignorant of the dangers and of how to protect themselves, I have met enough people who believe that the microsoft firewall is all that they need.
The answer here is probably for Microsoft to offer Windows with a Firewall, Antivirus and Anti-spyware out of the box, that could also be uninstalled by anyone who did not want to use it. This would then give a certain amount of protection to the average user.
The problem here though is, as you can imagine The Microsoft bashers would have a field day,
How true pooch...how true. I HATE this B.S. about MS having to bow to other companies because they feel "left out". So what...it's MS's OS and they can do what they want with it can't they? That's how I feel about this...if I worked on something and built it so others could still plug in outside things, why would I now have to appease their wishes about what I can or can't do with MY product...
Still tho, MS hasn't been known to use the best products, their firewall in it's default config is almost useless and you can only configure it with certain versions so many users are stuck with it in default, and OneCare is garbage, so even if they did have programs for full protections they probably wouldn't be the best choices for the jobs.
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Dwarf The main reason why malware writers chiefly target Windows (all variations) is that Microsoft (MS) make up the vast majority of computers in the world. That does not mean to say that the Apple Mac and Linux (and other OSes) are imune - far from it. If one of these manufacturers/operating systems were in the same domineering position as MS then they would be the chief target.
Exactly, and the day that Linux and Mac users understand this and stop this crap "My OS is immune so I don't need this stuff" talk, the better off they'll be and maybe start taking security a little more seriously.