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Hi to all
I am not sure if this is the right forum for the topic, so if it isn’t I apologise in advance. We have a family pc that has five users it is on twenty four seven and it strikes me that even with the best Anti spy ware and firewall you still get infected with Trojans, Worms, droppers etc. This leads you to have a myriad of anti spy ware programs on your pc. Last month I discovered just such a program called Ewido and was blown away by it. It has a friendly interface even for the novice, there are daily updates it even has a built in reg scanner. And it is free ware, but if you want to buy the full program it then comes with a real time spy ware scanner that sites in your system tray. I have now dispensed with the likes of spybot, spware blaster etc, although they are all good programs and just run Adaware and Ewido. I really think this program is worth a review. I am not sure but think it was designed only for XP. Hope this is helpful Barrie |
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barrie wrote:
Hi to all I am not sure if this is the right forum for the topic, so if it isn’t I apologise in advance. We have a family pc that has five users it is on twenty four seven and it strikes me that even with the best Anti spy ware and firewall you still get infected with Trojans, Worms, droppers etc. This leads you to have a myriad of anti spy ware programs on your pc. Last month I discovered just such a program called Ewido and was blown away by it. It has a friendly interface even for the novice, there are daily updates it even has a built in reg scanner. And it is free ware, but if you want to buy the full program it then comes with a real time spy ware scanner that sites in your system tray. I have now dispensed with the likes of spybot, spware blaster etc, although they are all good programs and just run Adaware and Ewido. I really think this program is worth a review. I am not sure but think it was designed only for XP. Hope this is helpful Ewido is well-known to those of us who remove malware from users' computers for a living. Don't forget to keep your antivirus current and your subscription active. Ewido is not an antivirus program. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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From: "Malke"
| Ewido is well-known to those of us who remove malware from users' | computers for a living. Don't forget to keep your antivirus current and | your subscription active. Ewido is not an antivirus program. | | Malke Ewido surprisingly DOES remove all the viruses I have given it and if it doesn't recognize them, Ewido will update their signatures for the submission. The term "anti malware" is quite suitable since it does both viral and non-viral malware. I only use it as a "On Demand" scanner. I can't speak for its "On Access" capabilities for the paid version. I can also state it is not compatible with Win9x/ME. It is compatible with Win2K so barrie's assertion "...itwas designed only for XP" is not true. Although I haven't tested in on Win2003 Server, I am sure it will work on that OS as well. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm |
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David H. Lipman wrote:
From: "Malke" | Ewido is well-known to those of us who remove malware from users' | computers for a living. Don't forget to keep your antivirus current | and your subscription active. Ewido is not an antivirus program. | | Malke Ewido surprisingly DOES remove all the viruses I have given it and if it doesn't recognize them, Ewido will update their signatures for the submission. The term "anti malware" is quite suitable since it does both viral and non-viral malware. I only use it as a "On Demand" scanner. I can't speak for its "On Access" capabilities for the paid version. I can also state it is not compatible with Win9x/ME. It is compatible with Win2K so barrie's assertion "...itwas designed only for XP" is not true. Although I haven't tested in on Win2003 Server, I am sure it will work on that OS as well. Thanks for the additional information about Ewido, Dave. I've been using it the same way you are - as an On Demand scanner when cleaning up a client's machine. I uninstall it when I'm finished. I've learned that putting trial versions of anything on clients' machines is generally useless since they normally got in trouble because they let their av subscription lapse anyway. I've never tried it on Win9x/ME but now I know not to bother. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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I only use it as a "On Demand" scanner. I can't speak for its "On Access"
capabilities for the paid version. Hi David, I have the paid version with "On Access" running, however it has never caught anything, NOD32 seems to be the first layer a parasite needs to get by and it has'nt failed me yet. The only grip I have with it is that it takes 1-4 CPU at idle, and I need to shut it down when burning a DVD movie, otherwise the possibility of a bad burn about doubles. -- Mike Pawlak David H. Lipman wrote: From: "Malke" Ewido is well-known to those of us who remove malware from users' computers for a living. Don't forget to keep your antivirus current and your subscription active. Ewido is not an antivirus program. Malke Ewido surprisingly DOES remove all the viruses I have given it and if it doesn't recognize them, Ewido will update their signatures for the submission. The term "anti malware" is quite suitable since it does both viral and non-viral malware. I only use it as a "On Demand" scanner. I can't speak for its "On Access" capabilities for the paid version. I can also state it is not compatible with Win9x/ME. It is compatible with Win2K so barrie's assertion "...itwas designed only for XP" is not true. Although I haven't tested in on Win2003 Server, I am sure it will work on that OS as well. |
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From: "MAP"
| | Hi David, I have the paid version with "On Access" running, however it has | never caught anything, NOD32 seems to be the first layer a parasite needs to | get by and it has'nt failed me yet. The only grip I have with it is that it | takes | 1-4 CPU at idle, and I need to shut it down when burning a DVD movie, | otherwise the possibility of a bad burn about doubles. | | -- | Mike Pawlak | Thanx Mike ! I have noticed that even with the free "On Demand" version has a NT Service "ewido security suite control" but you can't enable or disable even with the syntax... sc stop "ewido security suite control" I am curious as to why a NT Service needs to be loaded for a "On Demand" scanner. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm |
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From the replies that my post has had I now feel that I should not have posted it. Firstly it was information for the less computer literate amongst us, and secondly I did not say it was only for xp. I said I was not sure, but thought it was. I feel that replies should be less curt or personalised. barrie Quote:
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David H. Lipman wrote:
From: "MAP" | | Hi David, I have the paid version with "On Access" running, however | it has never caught anything, NOD32 seems to be the first layer a | parasite needs to get by and it has'nt failed me yet. The only grip | I have with it is that it takes | 1-4 CPU at idle, and I need to shut it down when burning a DVD | movie, otherwise the possibility of a bad burn about doubles. | | -- | Mike Pawlak | Thanx Mike ! I have noticed that even with the free "On Demand" version has a NT Service "ewido security suite control" but you can't enable or disable even with the syntax... sc stop "ewido security suite control" I am curious as to why a NT Service needs to be loaded for a "On Demand" scanner. Yeah, I'm in agreement with you on that Dave. I hate all these programs that turn themselves into a service. Why is it necessary? And it definitely slows the machine down. Since I don't leave it on the client's box, that isn't an issue but I don't think I'd want to leave it installed anyway. And to "barrie" - no one was being curt to you; you are being too thin-skinned. This is Usenet and when you post something you have to expect a response. I see that you are posting from "pcbanter" which is one of those web interfaces that says it is a forum but really is just sucking off Usenet newsgroup posts. Try using Usenet directly for a richer experience. Here are some links explaining Usenet and how to set up a newsreader. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page3.html#12-09-02 - a brief explanation of newsgroups http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is working properly http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm - how to munge email address http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting vs. crossposting Some newsreaders for Windows: http://michaelstevenstech.com/outloo...snewreader.htm http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm http://www.forteinc.com/agent/index.php - for Forte http://www.mozilla.org http://gravity.tbates.org/ http://www.40tude.com/dialog/ http://xnews.newsguy.com/ Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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I installed Ewido based on this thread and it found 14 (non cookie) problems
which Microsoft Antispyware, Ad-Aware and AVG Antivirus failed to identify. Norm "barrie" wrote in message ... | | Hi | From the replies that my post has had I now feel that I should not have | posted it. Firstly it was information for the less computer literate | amongst us, and secondly I did not say it was only for xp. I said I was | not sure, but thought it was. I feel that replies should be less curt or | personalised. | barrie | | Malke Wrote: | David H. Lipman wrote: | | From: "Malke" lid | | | | Ewido is well-known to those of us who remove malware from users' | | computers for a living. Don't forget to keep your antivirus current | | and your subscription active. Ewido is not an antivirus program. | | | | Malke | | Ewido surprisingly DOES remove all the viruses I have given it and if | it doesn't recognize | them, Ewido will update their signatures for the submission. The | term | "anti malware" is quite suitable since it does both viral and | non-viral malware. | | I only use it as a "On Demand" scanner. I can't speak for its "On | Access" capabilities for the paid version. | | I can also state it is not compatible with Win9x/ME. It is | compatible | with Win2K so | barrie's assertion "...itwas designed only for XP" is not true. | Although I haven't tested in on Win2003 Server, I am sure it will | work | on that OS as well. | | Thanks for the additional information about Ewido, Dave. I've been | using | it the same way you are - as an On Demand scanner when cleaning up a | client's machine. I uninstall it when I'm finished. I've learned that | putting trial versions of anything on clients' machines is generally | useless since they normally got in trouble because they let their av | subscription lapse anyway. I've never tried it on Win9x/ME but now I | know not to bother. | | Malke | -- | Elephant Boy Computers | www.elephantboycomputers.com | "Don't Panic!" | MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User | | | -- | barrie |
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