thats what i think about mccafee, afterall i hear they are some of the
ones that got caught for making viruses so..thats really where i don't
trust mccafee, other than my machines and a few others run incredibly slow
pro is to con as progress is to congress
On Thu, 22 Feb 2007, Anthony Vece wrote:
> Hi Phil;
>
> I long suspected that these companies that make anti-virus software =
> could possibly be responsible for some viruses.
>
> Also, they make a free anti-virus program that is up to 7.5.
>
> I use it every day and, I haven't had any problems that I am aware of.
>
> 73 De Anthony W2AJV
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> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: Phil Scovell=20
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> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 5:30 PM
> Subject: [BLIND-HAMS] Off Top: AVG Interesting
>
>
> Since I posted on here before about AVG, I found something to be quite
> interesting. Coincidence maybe? You decide. I have been using free =
> AVG
> for a couple of years. In December, I started getting pop ups saying =
> in mid
> January, my free version would be outdated by the new 7.5 version. I =
> let
> January come and go with pop ups every other day reminding me. In =
> February,
> a pop up displayed my copy would expire on February 17 so I just kept =
> using
> it as is. On the 15th of February, AVG caught my first virus as an =
> AVG
> user. I found this quite interesting to say the least. I had planned =
> on
> buying the pro version anyhow because I wanted to be able to customize =
> my
> own settings. So, I downloaded it, installed, and ran it. It found 4
> infected files. Odd, it had only detected 1 before but I figured, =
> whatever
> it was, it may have been trying to spread. I noticed it was in an =
> HTML
> file, according to AVG, and in the internet explorer sub directory. =
> Three
> files were disinfected and the problems moved to the AVG vault. Ok, =
> but why
> not the HTML file? By the way, it was a pop up type of deal that only
> appeared when leaving internet explorer, the best I could tell, and it =
> would
> ask a single question which said, Do you think Bush is a good =
> president?
> And a couple of other harmless questions. It seemed not to effect any =
> other
> part of the hard drives I have. After a couple of days, I noticed the
> morning auto scan wasn't indicating any viruses at all. The HTML file =
> no
> longer displayed as infected. So, it is this way. Two days before
> expiration, I get this harmless virus. Two days after I buy the =
> software
> for a 2 year license, the viruses disappears. See? I told you it was
> interesting. You don't suppose? No, that couldn't happen, could it? =
> I
> mean, they didn't? Naw, they wouldn't. Would they?
>
> Phil.
>
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