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A general question. Norton sells an Anti virus program and also an Internet Security program and then a Systems Security program. Reading the box doesn't tell me exactly what does which and why the distinction between anti virus and security. Seems to me it's all part and parcel of the same thing. What I do not see is a clear description of whether the program runs continual heuristic analysis of all current activity. I think some of the marketing BS - excuse me baffle gab; has created some confusion. Why bother with only a daily scan. The protection should be continuous and constant. A long time ago (over ten years ago) when I first got involved with fighting virus there was programs that continually scanned critical areas of the memory and the disk for suspicious activity. The instant anything attempted to write to these critical areas it flagged the activity. These days most anti virus programa only seem talk about doing once per day or once per week scans for virus. WHY? Is it no longer considered necessary to do continuous scans and heuristic analysis?

I have a hardware firewall, a software firewall and good anti virus/rootkit software (Kaspersky), but just for fun I tried a new virus scanner on two of my laptops and found several viruses and malware!!

I am most impressed.....

The software is freeware and called Dr Web (I downloaded mine from a leading German magazine's web page, fully checked for any bugs etc).......if anyone needs a link let me know......its also in English and is NOT installed on your PC, it runs each time from the place where you have stored it (its called "Launch.exe").

Here is a link:- http://www.freedrweb.com/cureit/

I will help anyone if needed, but it really is easy to ru. It only found my viruses when I switched into a complete scan (only possible after it has checked out your memory first by the way!).

Andy Germany wrote: I tried a new virus scanner on two of my laptops and found several viruses and malware!! Here is a link:- http://www.freedrweb.com/cureit/ REPLY Andy, I see a couple of options on the website when you go to Download. One is an ISO CD image. Would this be better for use on a machine which no longer has a usable O/S? I haven't quite yet mastered how to burn a CD using UBUNTU. But this looks like the tool I need.

You are talking to a Linux idiot - me!!

I will have to start learning it later this year, but my knowledge is minimal at this time.

The link was intended for Windows users.....sorry!

Thanks in part to your links I did some more prowling in the website. Found an ISO CD image that I downloaded. Turns out that my copy of UBUNTU already has the ability to burn a CD. You do not need to install a special program like NERO or whatever. In my case I simply right clicked and got a menu and then dragged the relevant file over to the CD icon. I tested it and it works.

Unfortunately the check arrived in the mail and now I have to spend time working for a living again.

As soon as I get a chance to test this new program on the damaged drives I will report back.

Andy wrote:

You are talking to a Linux idiot - me!!

I will have to start learning it later this year, but my knowledge is minimal at this time.

REPLY

I'm only half a step ahead of you. But I am more and more impressed with UBUNTU every day I use it. My digital camera came with a CD that I had to install in Windows befoer I could download th epictures I took.

Someone suggested that Linux could do that without needing a program. Sure enough, as soon as I plugged in the USB cable between camera and Linux computer th pictures downloaded automatically and were placed in the correct folder. Then I discovered UBUNTU also included a Photoshop like program for editing the pix.

Linux may not be totally immune to all malware but so far it does seem to have an edge over windoze.

Oh year, we are now watching TV programs on the Linux machine. We live so remotely that even cable TV is not an option. But I can watch the regular network TV shows. Also browse news casts play music etc. All without needing special add-on modules or whatever. It came bundled with the UBUNTU CD.

The only thing it doesn't seem to do is give me the blue screen of death.

Yes, we sometimes miss those things that annoy us, blue screen of death, ex wives, cancer of the lungs.......

Ditto, cureit the only antivirus which could find a lot of malware after Kaspersky, AVG and the like. I've copied it on CD and check out PC time to time.