On Apr 8, 5:16 pm, "cbgerry" <cbge...@bluecollarpc.net> wrote:
> On Apr 7, 10:35 am, Virus Guy <V...@Guy.com> wrote:
>
> > Far Canal wrote:
> > > Snip the same old bollocks you've posted before.
>
> > > Here's a clue, we ain't interested
>
> > What's your problem?
>
> > The article is right. AV software is not catching exploits as they
> > enter the typical system via browsing, and they are not able to keep
> > up in real time with new varients. The best they can do now is alert
> > you to the odd miscellaneous leftover files that got onto your system
> > ->a month ago<-, and more and more they either can't get at access to
> > them to get rid of them, or they come back at your next start-up.
>
> ==========================>
>
> Do you know what "heurisitics" is in antivirus ? For the early years
> of 2000 on, Norton antivirus hjas always been kinown for this feature
> and as part of it's selloing feature and track record for blocking
> virtually all viruses and worms. All descent antivirus (paid
> subscription) has this and is knwon for it as whether it is rated well
> and trusted by consumers for protection choices.
>
> If you don't know what this is, perhaps the next time you may see the
> pop up "your antivirus has just blocked or quarantined such and such
> threat" - - - when you are browsing the web - it is a very good chance
> that is exactly waht just ocurred. Your paid antivirus protection
> using heurisitics (detecting unknown threats) has just caught and
> either deleted the severe threat as unable for it to be cleaned or
> caught and instantly deleted what serves no purpose but malicious
> intent such as a trojan.
>
> That can also happen when downloading email. Not the regular cleaning
> emails of threats and reports - but when there is a specific threat
> activated by simply downloading the email to your computer. That was
> "heurisitics" 99 percent of the time quarantining or immediately
> deleting the virus/worm/trojan - and that is what the pop up message
> was again - "your antivirus deleted or quarantined such and such a
> threat".
>
> In other words heurisitics in antivirus is half of the real time
> protection at all times 24/7 - even when the computer is shut down.

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Maybe from the "horse's mouth" will help:

Excerpt: (HEURISITICS)
http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoff...ncobetafaq.jsp


Size matters.
Symantec is the largest provider of security software and services to
the consumer and enterprise market. Norton Confidential protection
benefits from the information provided by hundreds of millions of
users who encounter these "unknown" threats over time. Not only does
this scale help Symantec's capability to "know" about threats earlier,
but it helps improve the HEURISITICS engine to intelligently detect
more "unknown" threat variants.

What are "known" and "unknown" threats, and why is this so
important?.....
"Known" and "unknown" threats. A threat is "known" when a security
software provider learns of the particular threat, analyzes it and
develops a "signature" to protect against it. Until that time, the
threat is considered to be "unknown." Several hours, days (or longer)
may pass between a criminal launching a new attack and you being
protected from it as a "known" threat.

Protection from "unknown" threats.
Norton Confidential is the first available solution to protect you
from both known and unknown phishing/pharming Web sites and crimeware.
In addition to using traditional signature-based protection from known
threats, Norton Confidential applies sophisticated "HEURISITIC" or
"behavior-based" technology to detect suspicious "unknown" threats
which haven't been seen before. This type of protection is essential
for online banking, shopping and other activities where you are
sharing passwords, account numbers or other confidential information.

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