I know people who run it with Malwarebytes and they've been pretty safe, I wouldn't rely on it alone, not without a malware tool. Regards, D!J!X! -----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Smart Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 4:03 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Serious Problem With Jaws - WARNING TO ALL I do have that and run it, but awhile back Microsoft released a statement saying it's basic, and not to be thought of as a primary tool. At 03:36 PM 2/19/2015, you wrote: >Do you consider Microsoft's security essentials an antivirus? If so, >it's pretty minimalistic and easy to use, and *Last time I checked* >those things you mentioned were accessible. > >Regards, D!J!X! > >-----Original Message----- >From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of George Bell >Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 3:31 PM >To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Serious Problem With Jaws - WARNING TO ALL > >Hi Chris, > >A difficult question to answer. One person may say XYZ is accessible, >while another may say it's not. > >ESET certainly get my vote for technical support here in the UK, but as >for accessibility I shall leave that to the experts. > >George. > >-----Original Message----- >From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Smart >Sent: 19 February 2015 19:18 >To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Serious Problem With Jaws - WARNING TO ALL > >George, while I use Malware Bytes Pro here, I'm still looking for an >accessible antivirus solution. By accessible I mean not just the >scanning phaze is accessible, but the quarantine/removal of threats >phaze is accessible too. (accessible to either Jaws 16 or NVDA). Do >you have any suggestions? > > >At 05:26 AM 2/19/2015, you wrote: > >Please consider the following carefully before you hit the delete key. > > > >As a commercial company who distribute software, we pay for a > >professional version of ESET security to protect our Windows server > >and Exchange server. > > > >We also have the full version of MalwareBytes installed. > > > >Last week, after some strange happenings, I noticed our system trying > >to access a particular IP address which MalwareBytes was blocking. > >This address was in the Ukraine of all places! > > > >I contacted ESET, who took control of my system, an spent an hour or > >so on it. During conversation with the support person, he explained > >that they are working full time, 24/7 to keep on top of fraud attempts. > >Hackers have access to, and can test their efforts against all known > >anti-virus and malware programs. > > > >The fact that I am now seeing 2, 3, 4 or more ESET updates every day > >is pretty much proof of this. > > > >Fortunately in this case, things were spotted quickly enough to > >prevent the entire contents of our bank account from being > >transferred out - this time! > > > >Such malware attacks areas such as the boot sector, which copy > >protection software such as JAWS, Duxbury and such like read as part > >of their verification process, resulting in that software thinking it > >is an illegal copy. > > > >My advice therefore is to look very seriously at your system security > >- and look at it NOW - don't put it off until the weekend or > >whenever you feel you have time. > > > >George. > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Josh Stundon" <joshstundon@xxxxxxxxx> > >To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 3:40 PM > >Subject: [ddots-l] Serious Problem With Jaws. > > > > > >Hello all. > >It's been a while since I posted on here, but I've had some very > >strange problems with jaws recently. I use sonar 8.5 with cake > >talking > >8.8 installed on a 64 bit machine. Ever since I got it in April of > >last year, I have not had any problems, until Monday. When I started > >up the computer on Monday, jaws asked me for the authorization code > >that came with the jaws cd, and it had never asked for that before > >until now. It said it was in demmo mode so I entered in the > >authorization code and everything seemed fine again. I wasn't on my > >computer yesterday so I couldn't check and see if the problem was > >sufficiently resolved or not, but I'm just after checking it again a > >while ago, and again when I started the computer, jaws told me that > >it was operating in 40 minute mode, even though I had activated it > >the other day using the authorization code that came with the jaws cd. > >This is very frustrating as I have never come across this problem in > >the last 10 months since I have been using sonar, cake talking and > >jaws. > >So now, I cannot use sonar and cake talking until I get this resolved. > >I guess I will have to keep reactivating jaws for the moment. > >Has anyone come across this before ? This may not be the right place > >for posting this information, but any help with this matter would be > >much appreciated. > > > >If all comes to all I can try get in contact with freedom scientific, > >but I am quite concerned about this since it has never happened before. > > > >Kind regards, > >Josh > > > >Sent from my iPhonePLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! > >To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: > >ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe > >If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > >ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >and in the Subject line type > >unsubscribe > >For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > >immediately following link: > >ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subjectúq or send a message, to > >ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq > > > >PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! > >To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: > >ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > >If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > >ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >and in the Subject line type > >unsubscribe > >For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > >immediately following link: > >ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or send a message, to > >ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq > > > >PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! > >To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: > >ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subjectsubscribe > >If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > >ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >and in the Subject line type > >unsubscribe > >For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > >immediately following link: > >ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subjectúq or send a message, to > >ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq > >PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! >To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: >ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe >If this link doesn't work then send a message to: >ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >and in the Subject line type >unsubscribe >For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately >following link: >ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subjectúq or send a message, to >ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq > >PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! >To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: >ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe >If this link doesn't work then send a message to: >ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >and in the Subject line type >unsubscribe >For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately >following link: >ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subjectúq or send a message, to >ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq > > >PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! >To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: >ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subjectsubscribe >If this link doesn't work then send a message to: >ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >and in the Subject line type >unsubscribe >For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately >following link: >ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subjectúq or send a message, to >ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! 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