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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