Re: Looking for good replacement for Windows OneCare
- From: Jackie McBride <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 10:42:55 -0700
I like both Avast & MalwareBytes. Avast has saved my bacon on more
than 1 occasion & is accessible via the right-click menu w/an
occasional need for jaws cursoring. Malwarebytes comes in a free,
e.g., scan-on-demand version, & a paid realtime protection version. Be
careful about putting 2 realtime protection programs on your machine
that try to protect from the same threats, else a cyber-tug-of-war may
well ensue, neither program can do its intended job, & your protection
is actually lessened as a result.
SpywareBlaster is a free, realtime spyware protector. Spybott
Search-&-Destroy also is free & provides some realtime protection.
Superantispyware has both a free & paid version--same sort of thing as
Malwarebytes--& is very very accessible.
I've not found a really good accessible firewall solution, but, check
to see if your router has 1 built in. The advantage there is that your
processor power isn't taken up w/firewall tasks.
On 5/10/10, Tyler Littlefield <tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I like malware bytes, it's very acccessible (with some use of the jaws
> cursor), which never hurt anyone. AVG is also nice, (and also accessible,
> with more jaws cursor work).
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "DaShiell, Jude T. CIV NAVAIR 1490, 1, 26" <jude.dashiell@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:29 AM
> Subject: RE: Looking for good replacement for Windows OneCare
>
>
> The popular security packages are very inaccessible. Among these are
> avg; zone alarm, and ad aware and it doesn't matter whether real money
> was paid for your screen reader either. Since on some of the machines I
> use are win 98 machines they'll not run the popular stuff either. What
> they will run is clamwin though and I've found that pretty accessible.
> The clamwin package is a port of the linux clamav package and now has
> some spyware killing capability. Another package that comes with high
> ratings from security professionals I talk with is malware bites but I
> don't know much about its accessibility status. The security
> professional I talk to doesn't consider avg; zone alarm, MacCaffey's or
> Norton to be worth paying for either. I'm pretty sure he did buy
> malware bites package though.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert
> Jaquiss
> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 11:34
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Looking for good replacement for Windows OneCare
>
> Hello List:
>
> For about three years, I have been using Windows Live OneCare for
> its firewall, antivirus scanning and backup facilities. Microsoft is no
> longer renewing OneCare, so I need to find something else. I am running
> Windows XP Home and use JAWS 11. I need to replace all three functions
> of virus scanning, firewall and backup. Any thoughts would be
> appreciated. Thank you.
>
> Regards,
>
> Robert Jaquiss
>
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