Re: Last Honest Dave Post

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From: leanstotheleft
Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2013 15:58

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On Saturday, June 1, 2013 10:22:29 PM UTC-7, David Kaye wrote:
> <leanstotheleft@democrat.com> wrote
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> > I've used Avast. It is kind of annoying.
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> I use MS Security Essentials exclusively now because it found stuff that 
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> Avast couldn't find, and it's free and it's from Microsoft.

There is also the malicious software removal tool. MS issues it monthly. I run that for yucks too, but it never found anything.

From what I've seen, the virus vectors are through exploits of 3rd party apps, with flash being the most infamous and java a close second. The AV software won't save you from such exploits. 

The TWIT network runs a show called "Security Now". One that gets very little press these days is the UPNP hack. 
https://www.grc.com/unpnp/unpnp.htm
Some router code is so bad that even if you turn off UPNP, the feature is still enabled. I use DD-WRT, which at least gets updated for boneheaded bugs.

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