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[PeterCH]

My thoughts exactly...

Not at all.

AV softs have heuristic engines AND they have signatures. They are very helpful. However, they don't work against all forms of spyware - for example they would OK Bonzi Buddy because that's not a virus but a program containing commercial spyware. A trojan on the other hand may not be picked up either because it can be new or no-one has realised that it connects to the internet
and uploads certain information after all it doesn't replicate itself the way a virus does, nor does it hide itself (well -- not usually). Best is - not to run strange EXEs.

If you have Windows you need a decent AV scanner, unless your pc is standalone without internet and you don't connect anything to your machine.

 

[mercurial]

Just one point.

What are or is a "virii"?

Virus originates from Latin. The plural is therefore viruses. Virii is not plural for viruses.

Yes, please do drag this off topic

 

[JerryMungo]

Comodo will. I did a post on this a couple months back in the Security forum with some examples.

Comodo is a pain in the @ss to admin - nice for one PC but I'm not helping every noob in the office to fix their internet difficulties and update comodo etc etc...

 

[JerryMungo]

Not at all.

AV softs have heuristic engines AND they have signatures. They are very helpful. However, they don't work against all forms of spyware - for example they would OK Bonzi Buddy because that's not a virus but a program containing commercial spyware. A trojan on the other hand may not be picked up either because it can be new or no-one has realised that it connects to the internet
and uploads certain information after all it doesn't replicate itself the way a virus does, nor does it hide itself (well -- not usually). Best is - not to run strange EXEs.

If you have Windows you need a decent AV scanner, unless your pc is standalone without internet and you don't connect anything to your machine.

Sure, define decent AV scanner... name one.

 

[Browser]

People should use the hash search on VirusTotal first, save alot of resources and time in general.

Comodo is a pain in the @ss to admin

That's one hell of an understatement lol. Comodo is ridiculous compared to other firewalls, their rules creation is a total joke. I used it for a few months because it's free, but honestly I wouldn't use it again as is unless they gave me a salary.