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Scott Finnie unimpressed by NOD32 ...
Ralf Maximus:
The only time I've been infected with anything since I started using NOD32 was when I did something stupid. I opened a file I shouldn't have and within seconds things went to shit. Disk activity off the chart, Process Explorer showed multiple new processes being spawned every second.
NOD32 went berserk, with multiple overlapping threat dialogs (didn't know it could do that) and behind NOD32 I could see new icons appearing on my desktop: Casino! Pharmacy! Free Anonymouse Email!
The last icon I saw appear before I hit the big red power button made me chuckle:
Click here to scan your computer for Malware!
I didn't even try to disinfect. I booted from my Acronis CD and restored the backup from the night before. Did a deeeeep scan of all my drives (nothing) and visited each workstation in my network for a manual scan. All clean.
I'd never actually been the victim of a trojan before. I felt so *dirty*. Are feelings of self-loathing and humiliation in the wake of such an event normal?
Curt:
... Startup Monitor has saved me more times ...-nosh (November 14, 2007, 07:16 AM)
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It is good to realize that Mike Lin is still working [Edit: or is he?]- I used a lot of his programs in the previous century. Do you use the Startup Control Panel, as well?
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I'd never actually been the victim of a trojan before. I felt so *dirty*. Are feelings of self-loathing and humiliation in the wake of such an event normal?-Ralf Maximus (November 14, 2007, 07:37 AM)
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It is common for victims by rape to feel dirty afterwards. I guess the priciples are the same if you are rap.. ehh infected with trojans or the likes. You have taken pride in having a clean machine, but this 'person' (animal) treated you and your pc like worthless pieces of trash.
Carol Haynes:
It is good to realize that Mike Lin is still working - I used a lot of his programs in the previous century.
-Curt (November 14, 2007, 09:03 AM)
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It doesn't look like any of his apps have been updated in years -shame though as they are useful.
nosh:
It is good to realize that Mike Lin is still working [Edit: or is he?]- I used a lot of his programs in the previous century. Do you use the Startup Control Panel, as well?
-Curt (November 14, 2007, 09:03 AM)
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Yes. Also Startup Selector. I looked into better alternatives to StartupMonitor and found a few but the difference in resource consumption was HUGE. It's nice to see an app that constantly monitors several things sit at 0% CPU utilization. I'll take the retro stuff over state-of-the-art crapware anyday. ;)
J-Mac:
From his February 2007 newsletter - http://www.scotsnewsletter.com/88.htm
"Bye-bye Windows! My three-month Macintosh trial may have ended, but my new permanent gig with the Mac is just getting started. Apple's computer and OS X are now my PC and operating system of choice. If you give the Mac three months, as I did, you won't go back either. The hardest part is paying for it — everything after that gets easier and easier. Perhaps fittingly, it took me the three months of the trial period to pay off my expensive MacBook Pro. But the darn thing is worth every penny.
In early November I began a total-immersion trial of the Macintosh as part of my research in gauging whether Vista is most people's best operating system choice. I started by making a brand new MacBook Pro 17 my primary computer. For a month before the trial officially started in November, and the two weeks that followed, I worked on selecting products, converting data, and setting up corporate software systems for my company, Computerworld, as well as finding solutions for personal use. Prior to my adoption of the Mac, I had one Windows computer for both business and home, so the Mac had to handle both sets of tasks too.
After hundreds of hours testing Vista and living with the Mac for three months, the choice was, well, crystal clear. I've struggled to sort out my gut feeling about Windows Vista, but the value and advantage of the Mac and OS X are difficult to miss. Microsoft's marketing materials for a past version of Windows used the phrase, "It just works." But the only computer that tagline honestly describes is the Macintosh. Don't translate that in your mind as, "Yeah, so what, the Mac is easy to use." Any new computing environment takes some getting used to. The easy-to-use aspect is nice, but not all that significant. When Mac users say, "It just works," what they mean is that you spend more time on your work, and a lot less time working on your computer."
-mrainey (November 14, 2007, 06:23 AM)
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I just saw this reply to my post, so I thought I would point out that it is only a partial quote. Here's another paragraph from the same newsletter:
And here is the link for anyone who would prefer to read the whole article instead of little snippets as have been posted thus far:
http://www.scotsnewsletter.com/88.htm
Jim
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