Mcaffee pulls ahead in race to suck

Tannin

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It's not the false positives that make Mcafee a problem, it's the viruses it fails to clean up. For example:

5: Apple Quicktime
4: Limewire
3: Kodak camera software
2: Norton productss
1: Mcafee products

If Mcafee could remove the items listed above, I'd buy a copy!
 

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Tannin said:
It's not the false positives that make Mcafee a problem, it's the viruses it fails to clean up. For example:

5: Apple Quicktime
4: Limewire
3: Kodak camera software
2: Norton productss
1: Mcafee products

If Mcafee could remove the items listed above, I'd buy a copy!
You left out anything Creative Labs wrote.
 

Sol

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In the current climate of distrust and paranoia (which is not necasarily wrong) about computer security I think we need to move virus and malware scanners over to a whitelist model... Everything is a virus or malicious program until proven otherwise and thus the computer is a safer place...
 

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I think I see Norton products on the list already, Bozo...

Sol said:
Everything is a virus or malicious program until proven otherwise and thus the computer is a safer place...

...Which is why the security model on Vista makes me do things like agree to yes/no prompts when I want to do something as simple as copy a file from one drive to another or run the various tools in control panel.
 

Sol

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Well I was thinking you'd take it one (or a few) step (s) further than Vista. Anything that isn't on the white list as a non-virus is deleted or quarantined as soon as it is detected no ifs and no buts as it were. If you want to keep a file not on the white list you need to get it added by your security provider, send them a copy and have them add it and when your virus scanner next updates you'll have the new white list.

Is it a lot of trouble to go to every time you want to update a word document or a configuration file... Sure, but your security and peace of mind is worth it...
 
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