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Is Antivirus Software a Waste of Money?
Jibz:
The only thing I've seen recently was EMET stopping an older version of flash player in FireFox after an ad set something off.
Stoic Joker:
The only thing I've seen recently was EMET stopping an older version of flash player in FireFox after an ad set something off.-Jibz (July 29, 2014, 05:27 PM)
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That is an interesting one, but it will have a distinct impact on performance when turned up all the way. It noticeably slowed up the ~6mo old HP Z420 I have at the office and that's a really high-end machine.
Innuendo:
This ain't script-kiddie stuff she got hit with. This is definitely the work of pros. -40hz (July 29, 2014, 01:39 PM)
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There are a lot of criminal elements in Europe and what used to be the Soviet Union who have concentrated all of their resources on this kind of stuff as it is far more lucrative than the 'conventional' crime they used to engage in.
Is anti-virus software a waste of money? There is a very good possibility it may be.
Is anti-malware and security software a waste of money? There is a very good possibility that it isn't.
Innuendo:
In my experience, Avira stopped a couple of things; MSE nothing yet - but I think I've only had one attack since I started using it (probably a couple of years ago now).-tomos (July 29, 2014, 05:03 PM)
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I conducted a fun (and very telling experiment) with MSE a couple months ago. I took an external hard drive and filled it with all sorts of 'sketchy' stuff...lots of viruses, trojans, malware, pupware, cracks and keygens.
MSE detected every single crack and keygen on the drive. Every other file MSE triumphantly declared as being clean. This should tell you what Microsoft's focus is when it comes to their 'security' software.
MilesAhead:
I conducted a fun (and very telling experiment) with MSE a couple months ago. I took an external hard drive and filled it with all sorts of 'sketchy' stuff...lots of viruses, trojans, malware, pupware, cracks and keygens.
MSE detected every single crack and keygen on the drive. Every other file MSE triumphantly declared as being clean. This should tell you what Microsoft's focus is when it comes to their 'security' software.
-Innuendo (August 02, 2014, 06:34 PM)
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It would have ben interesting to let it find a crack of an MS product. Then check the logs to see if it tried to call home. ;)
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