John,
One major downfall with many virus and spam blocker type software packages is
email loss.
In other words you receive an email and the over zealous software blocks WANTED
email. Although it is advertised to block UNwanted emails.
This is especially true of some Internet providers bundled anti-spam gateways
which block but do not notify the intended recipient that his mail has been
censored, quarantined or deleted. (Ever wonder where that email went?)
The art of detecting what is and what is not a virus or spam is a black art at
best.
Security is, and will always be, a trade off between usability and risk
mitigation.
Tracy (CISSP and amateur wrench)
---- John Loftus <loftusdesign@cox.net> wrote:
> On the discussion of Virus Software, I was using a previous version of
> Computer Associates EZ-Trust Anti-Virus for quite a few years with no
> problems. Upgraded to their Internet Security Suite '06 and had major
> slow downs on three computers. Tried the fixes that their customer
> support provided but the software was still a resource hog. Got a refund
> and have been using AVG free for virus protection, XoftSpySE for
> anti-spyware (not free) and Windows Firewall (included with XP/Vista). I
> also use a program called The Ultimate Troubleshooter (TUT) which lets
> you see and control Tasks, Services, Startups and System info and
> provides technical information on each item so you can decide what to
> leave on or turn off. This really helps with start up speed and keeps as
> much RAM and CPU free for actual computing instead of keeping other
> programs 'idling' in the background. I paid for this program too but I
> think there are some similar programs out there that are free.
>
> Cheers,
> John
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