Re: Antivirus - CA E-trust or Avast?

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

In alt.comp.anti-virus, lalinda@yahoonospam.com wrote:

> I thought that Avast with all its shields prevents alot of malware and
> trojans, which seem to be the major problem on the web today.

Truth be told, if you use modern, secure software (OS, mail, news,
browser, firewall) and practice safe hex, you don't need any of those
other programs.

--
-bts
-Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck

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Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
> In alt.comp.anti-virus, lalinda@yahoonospam.com wrote:
>
> > I thought that Avast with all its shields prevents alot of malware and
> > trojans, which seem to be the major problem on the web today.
>
> Truth be told, if you use modern, secure software (OS, mail, news,
> browser, firewall) and practice safe hex, you don't need any of those
> other programs.
>
> --
> -bts
> -Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck

to be safe you should always use an anti-virus program.
all it takes is one mistake to cause problems.
etrust is my only experience with CA and i liked it but it did have
some problems scanning large numbers of files. but this was about a
year and a half ago since i used it so i can not say about the latest
versions.