Mcaffee pulls ahead in race to suck
- Thread starter Mercutio
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Buck
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I don't know, I think it is quite appropriate that they flagged MS stuff as a virus.
This proves they don't have an adequate test bed for their updates.
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!
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!
Stereodude
Not really a
You left out anything Creative Labs wrote.Tannin said:
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
... and why are we stopping at Quicktime?
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...
Bozo
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You left out Symantec (Norton).
Bozo :mrgrn:
Bozo :mrgrn:
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
I think I see Norton products on the list already, Bozo...
...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 said:
...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...
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...