-=PCTechTalk=- Re: anti virus :VSMail mx2

From: James LaBorde <jlaborde@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "'pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 08:04:52 -0700
Actually our firewall company is supposed to filter email for virii and
spam.  This is the first time something got through them that our anti-virus
software needed to catch.  

James

-----Original Message-----
From: suzanne [mailto:lailoken@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 5:00 PM
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: anti virus :VSMail mx2


hmmm... "Panda caught even before the Firewall ... was able to"

imho, firewalls are not supposed to block viruses [virii?], just as
anti-virus programs don't [altho some do] detect trojans.  firewalls are
used to block intruders from gaining unauthorised entry into your system or
network, as well as those nasty little programs that call out from your pc
to where ever... or whom ever... AV programs are supposed to detect and
quarantine viruses.  most firewalls protecting a company network have
nothing to do with protecting mail servers, they scan gateway traffic going
in and out of the network.

if your user got 2 virii, I'd be wondering where they came from... if thru
email, either the user is accessing external email accounts and downloading
infected files or the AV program on your mail server isn't working properly.
most of the viruses I've seen lately are coming in thru infected floppies
that users bring in and don't scan before attempting to open or execute.

personally, I'd rather put my trust in programs that are good at what they
do singularly, than expect one program to cover all variables that one can
be exposed to.  most of the viruses that I have been sent recently are from
folks I do not know, and NAV has caught them all... probably to the tune of
1 or 2 during a slow week.

a good site to see actual detection results is www.hackfix.org - go to the
Test Results for AntiVirus... however, they currently do not list panda.
last year I tried a newcomer on the market, RAV, and was very pleased when
hackfix did testing on it after I asked them about it.  currently it's rated
at 96%, compared to NAV's 95%... I stayed with NAV as my subscription was
still in effect, but when it runs out, I will probably go back to RAV.

~s
----- 
From: "James LaBorde"

: I've used all the major anti-virus software and the winner as far as
: protection and computer resources used has to be Panda.  I recently had a
: user get two virii at work that Panda caught even before the Firewall
: company's software was able to.


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