[SEL] SAFETY AND SECURITY PROGRAM OFFERED BY MICROSOFT

[Bill Dickerson]

John,

It's also a matter of knowing what you are installing, where you are
visiting, and checking the "typical launch points" now and then. I've caught
things myself that the spy search apps have not, again, a matter of know
what should and what should not be there.
When you are snooping the Windows registry nearly daily on dozens of
computers, and looking at hard drives every week, you soon have a feel for
what isn't right. 
No database in the world can make up for that. 
It's like finding viruses using the definition ("fingerprint") method, or
the heuristics method - the first only works if you know what it looks like,
not if it's brand new. The latter, although it takes more horsepower, is
better for unknowns and new threats. Or finding a terrorist..............if
you don't know what he looks like, but know how one might act.

Bill

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It found a couple of things that were browser hijackers designed to post
popups on my office PC, that weren't found by Spybot Search & Destroy (which
hasn't had its database updated in months) or Adaware SE.

John

On Jan 10, 2005, at 9:47 PM, bill at antique-engines.com wrote:

> Won't find a thing on mine - I run spybot search and destroy, SAV 9.02 
> Enterprise edition, plus being very security aware, as part of our 
> state department security team...... I try to not let such things get 
> to me.
> Besides, MS stuff is always second rate compared to 3rd party products.


John Culp
Bristol, Tennessee, USA

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