Is a Anti-Virus Worth having ??

[Ticked Off]

What is the use of having a anti-virus program running
when all they do is warn you after something has
downloaded and installed it's self on your system.
Scumware,adware,toolsbars,spyware,and everyother kind of
crap you can think of.

[Richard Urban]

So, "don't" use any. Doesn't bother me none! (-:

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Richard Urban
aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)

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"Ticked Off" > wrote in message
...
> What is the use of having a anti-virus program running
> when all they do is warn you after something has
> downloaded and installed it's self on your system.
> Scumware,adware,toolsbars,spyware,and everyother kind of
> crap you can think of.

[PA Bear]

Protect Your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
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~Robear Dyer (aka PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

Ticked Off wrote:
> What is the use of having a anti-virus program running
> when all they do is warn you after something has
> downloaded and installed it's self on your system.
> Scumware,adware,toolsbars,spyware,and everyother kind of
> crap you can think of.

[Jim Macklin]

I run McAfee Virus Scan 6 with all updates. It scans
everything that happens on my computer and has warned me
many times about some virus that a web site was trying to
install. These are all blocked unless I say ignore it. I
always delete such files.

If your anti-virus is not set to scan and block you need to
re-configure or get a better scanner.


"Ticked Off" > wrote in
message ...
| What is the use of having a anti-virus program running
| when all they do is warn you after something has
| downloaded and installed it's self on your system.
| Scumware,adware,toolsbars,spyware,and everyother kind of
| crap you can think of.

[Star Fleet Admiral Q]

Evidently you don't have the software configured properly.

"Ticked Off" > wrote in message
...
> What is the use of having a anti-virus program running
> when all they do is warn you after something has
> downloaded and installed it's self on your system.
> Scumware,adware,toolsbars,spyware,and everyother kind of
> crap you can think of.

[Alex Nichol]

Xref: kermit microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:905474

Ticked Off wrote:

>What is the use of having a anti-virus program running
>when all they do is warn you after something has
>downloaded and installed it's self on your system.

A resident AV does not wait until a virus has installed. It will catch
it inside an email or saved attachment, or if you try to execute the
download - one of which is needed for it to install.



--
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit)

[Yves Leclerc]

The OP is playing "Russian Roulette"! If they get hit by a virus, then they
will change their opinion after re-installing XP a couple of times.

Y.

"Alex Nichol" > wrote in message
...
> Ticked Off wrote:
>
> >What is the use of having a anti-virus program running
> >when all they do is warn you after something has
> >downloaded and installed it's self on your system.
>
> A resident AV does not wait until a virus has installed. It will catch
> it inside an email or saved attachment, or if you try to execute the
> download - one of which is needed for it to install.
>
>
>
> --
> Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
> Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit)

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

You seem to think that anti-virus software should protect you from
your own deliberate carelessness. It won't, can't, and shouldn't.

Scumware, spyware, and adware does not simply ".... somehow get onto
the computer," nor are all such intrusions the results of deliberate
attacks. Such programs are most often installed by unwary and
uniformed computer users who thoughtlessly click pretty links or
download and install the "brightest and shiniest" new, "free"
utilities and games without bothering to read the fine print in the
accompanying license agreements, which explicitly give these
unscrupulous utility/game distributors permission to install
additional "features," or checking to see if this new utility/game
comes from a legitimate source. Another great source of this malware
are email attachments that many people open and execute without a
thought, simply because the subject line is "catchy," or it claims to
be from someone they know. The installation of scumware (a collective
term for adware and spyware) is also part and parcel of using some
peer to peer file sharing programs, Kazaa being the leader in this
field. In plain language, all too many people do not practice "safe
computing."

Firewalls and anti-virus applications are important components of
"safe computing," but they cannot, and should not, protect the
computer user from him/herself. These programs cannot prevent the
computer user from deliberately, if unknowingly, installing such
malware. Ultimately, it is incumbent upon each and every computer
user to be fully aware of the potential consequences of clicking
download links and license agreement buttons.


Bruce Chambers

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"Ticked Off" > wrote in message
...
> What is the use of having a anti-virus program running
> when all they do is warn you after something has
> downloaded and installed it's self on your system.
> Scumware,adware,toolsbars,spyware,and everyother kind of
> crap you can think of.