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Mon, 5 Jul 2004 06:00:38 -0700
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I'll let you know. It was highly recommended by our
tech support, and it recognizes a gosh awful lot of
viruses, but the derth of accessibility info on it
makes me a bit nervous, lol.
--- Louis Kim Kline <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Shawn.
>
> If you decide to try that out, I would be very
> curious to see what you
> think of it from an accessibility standpoint.  I
> looked at that program,
> but couldn't find enough information about it to
> really have a sense of how
> good or bad the accessibility is.  I ended up
> running Norton because it was
> the devil that I know.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
> At 04:43 AM 7/4/2004 -0700, you wrote:
> >I've been running Panda active scan regularly from
> >Internet explorer, it's free that way, but it's not
> >always on your system. We're considering the $40 a
> >year to get it on our systems, but I don't know how
> >accessible that part of it is, I have no problem
> >running the active scan on line, the links you use
> >aren't so clearly labeled, so it took intuition the
> >first time, but now I remember which 1's to click.
> >They update it every day.
> >Shawn
> >--- Steve <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > Lou,
> > > I'm running NIS 2004 and have all the features
> > > except privacy manager enabled.
> > > I have never gotten a virus, and since the NAV
> 2004
> > > also has some spyware
> > > detection capability, I have never had more than
> > > three pieces of spyware as
> > > identified by AdAware.
> > >
> > > I only run AdAware every 2-3 weeks and I run a
> > > Norton system scan weekly.
> > > When there are major virus outbreaks, I do run
> the
> > > manual update to insure I
> > > have the latest virus definitions.
> > >
> > > Frankly, yes, there are some vulnerabilities in
> IE,
> > > but there are more
> > > vulnerabilieis in Windows.  So, if you're really
> > > that concerned, then don't
> > > just get a new browser.  Look at changing
> operating
> > > systems.  According to the
> > > tech dolumnist in the Detroit Free Press, also a
> > > ham, he hasn't gotten a
> > > single virus or piece of spyware with the MAC
> > > Operating System.  Apple is
> > > running a beta of built-in screen-reader for the
> MAC
> > > now.
> > >
> > > But, really, since there are security exploits
> that
> > > can be made with Windows,
> > > just changing the browser may not give you the
> > > protection you desire.  And, if
> > > more people migrate to MAC, I'd be willing to
> bet
> > > that some clever guy will
> > > find ways to exploit its vulnerabilities too.
> > >
> > > Steve
> > > K8SP
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> Louis Kim Kline
> A.R.S. K2LKK
> Home e-mail:  [log in to unmask]
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> Work Telephone:  (585) 697-5753
>




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