On Sat, 2006-01-14 at 00:33 +1100, Basil Chupin wrote:
Kevanf1 wrote:
Just a bit of help for those guys running a Windwoes box:
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5
That's the official AVG page for the 'free' version of their AV software.
I think Grisoft - the makers of AVG - are going to be or, possibly already are doing, a Linux version. Now I've used AVG for years, tried others and gone back. It's rock solid in a soft and squishy, messy world of virii :-)
Have to disagree with you about AVG, Kevan.
A friend of mine had AVG installed and then rang me because he acquired a virus and couldn't get rid of the virus. I went over to his place and installed my Computer Associates (CA) eTrust and it zapped the virus before you could say "virus".
The problem with AVG is that while it can detect a virus/trojan it cannot do anything about getting rid of it- you have to go to the Grisoft site and download the virus/trojan remover and apply it. AVG does not automatically zap a virus/trojan. On the other hand eTrust does (but then there are others that do as well). I've been using eTrust for ~6 years now.
Back in the early 90s there was the best anti-virus app. available called Thunderbyte but this got taken over by some European company and, as far as I know, vanished off the scene :-( (which is typical when a product beats the pants off its competition). I was using Thunderbyte when operating a couple of BBSs for some years before it vanished off the scene and I was very sorry to see it go.
Check this link, it appears that Thunderbyte is still alive and kicking although perhaps not current. http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,931,00.asp -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998