Cameron made some comments in response to my earlier post which I'd like
to address:
First, In-Defense is not purely heuristic technology; it's much better
than that and supposedly very proprietary, a technique that no one else
has used before. I downloaded a so-called 'white paper' from their site
before (not sure if that is still available) which discussed their
technology in fine detail. Believe me, it works and doesn't cause false
virus alerts. In fact, it was tested by PCWorld and caught everything
they threw at it, yet didn't cause false alerts either (can't remember
which issue that was in, quite awhile ago, though).
As to the 'spyware' which was on my system that I eliminated with
Opt-Out, I'd recommend that to anyone since that 'hidden' software has
pretty well been proven to affect the performance and operation of
internet browsing software, according to what I've read and experienced.
The back orifice probably wasn't detected by In-Defense on my system
because it (In-Defense) was likely installed AFTER my computer became
'infected' with the back orifice. That's one catch to In-defense--you've
got to have a 'clean' computer when it's installed, so to be safe a
person should run a good virus scanner on the PC first before
installing. Of course, I didn't do that, and apparently, the back
orifice was lurking on it, and In-Defense didn't know it was something
bad since it was there when it 'vaccinated' my system.
And, even though BO is a useful tool, there's absolutely no reason to
have it on one's home PC when you're not part of a network. It can only
invite problems from 'crack' (as you call them.....), and I see no
reason why it should be there.
Just my two cents, wanted to address your comment...........sorry to the
list for more Virus talk........but after all, everyone on this list is
using a computer which could develop problems, and this topic will
hopefully ensure people stay aware of their options when trying to keep
their systems 'healthy'.......
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