I just read in an online forum that a certain popular virus scanner is 'useless and so are (the writer named two of the most popular scanners)' because the writer got a virus.
What a silly statement! For one thing, no virus scanner is perfect. There is always a lag time between when a new virus appears 'in the wild' and the anti-virus companies can write and deploy a 'fix' for the virus.
More importantly, how did this user get the virus? More than likely the user opened an email with the virus contained within. How many times do people have to be told, 'Don't open attachments unless you are expecting one'? And was the scanner in question updated? A virus scanner is only as good as the most recent update! I could tell from the tone of the writer's message, he/she is totally clueless!
The moral is, don't blame someone/something for something that is probably your own fault! Just check here for more information! Martha's Virus Info
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I feel that I could make lots of money fixing people's computers. But I don't charge my friends. You can read by blog post about spyware:
http://reelds9.blogspot.com/2004/08/spyware-removal.html
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