[Cialug] Security FYI: Comodo

[David Champion]

My personal opinion: Kaspersky.

Vipre seems to slow a system down quite a bit more, if that matters to you.

My other personal opinion: if a machine is infected... if at all possible
wipe it clean and reinstall.

-dc

On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 12:20 PM, Josh More <jmore at starmind.org> wrote:

> Pay the money and get a real AV.  For home use, Kaspersky and Vipre
> seem to work well.
>
> For free cleanup, MalwareBytes is a decent choice.
>
> -Josh
>
> On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 12:02 PM, Todd Pierce <toddcpierce at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Crew,
> >
> > As long as we're on this topic (and as long as my client is using
> > LavaSoft!), does anybody have any suggestions for free
> virus/adware/spyware
> > protection for a Windows machine?
> >
> > How 'bout free software to clean up any invasive software that may have
> > already been installed?
> >
> > -Todd
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 7:00 AM, jim kraai <jimgkraai at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> And lavasoft
> >>
> >>
> http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/02/security-software-found-using-superfish-style-code-as-attacks-get-simpler/
> >> On Feb 23, 2015 12:10 AM, "Morris Dovey" <mrdovey at iedu.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Only one link so far...
> >> >
> >> > https://blog.hboeck.de/archives/865-Comodo-ships-
> >> > Adware-Privdog-worse-than-Superfish.html
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