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  3. September 2005

RE: Anti-Virus

Hey everybody!  Here's a REALLY interesting solution:

http://www.nald.ca/connect/v4i6/db/software1.htm

The idea is that your PC is completely frozen.  Any changes are wiped
whenever you boot, including files.  You start fresh every time.  This
means that your changeable files need to reside on a network, and there
are obvious implications there, but overall it's an interesting idea.

What do you all think?  Especially for machines that regularly touch the
Internet, this could be quite cool.

Joe

> From: Jones, John (US)
> 
> If you're set on switching vendors, eTrust is fine, as is NOD32 from
> eset, F-Prot, Kaspersky, etc.  Some comments about AV software can be
> read here: http://www.gripe2ed.com/scoop/story/2005/8/1/0559/03379 .
> Basically, all the brands BUT Symantec/Norton and McAfee get mostly
high
> marks.

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