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Offline Ripley

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Notifications for A/V Software Updates
« on: March 16, 2006, 03:57:35 PM »
This is in this forum cuz it relates to my A/V software.

First off, I need to start with, I am soo thankful for security forums like this.  :flowers:

And Software Update people are the best!  :thumbsup:
But today I am most thankful for roddy32, and all these Software Update people..you know who you are.
                      :thanks:                                                                   :thanks:

Example.  Plan was to do thorough anti-virus & anti-spyware scans w/ all scanners to confirm my system was clean before uninstalling McAfee A/V & firewall to replace w/ different A/V & FW on March 10/11th.

The signature files from McAfee that were identifying false positives (4715 DAT) was released on March 10th (which had been installed on my computer per auto update)...but I had rec'd no notification from McAfee alerting me to this issue or concerning a caution about DELAYING any on-demand scanning until the next defs were released.

BUT, from time to time, I usually check the Software Update/Security Alerts forums in a few places to confirm that I have latest & most current update signatures on my security software, and had I not done this before scanning w/ McAfee, I wouldn't have known to go to McAfee and manually get the 4716 DAT which they released early to correct this. Thankfully I did this before running my scan. 

And it was cuz of this Special Update that roddy32 posted:http://www.landzdown.com/index.php?topic=250.0

So, for the variety of extremely helpful information, general or specific, such as this Special Update, I for one say a big THANK YOU!

Secondly, while I have chosen to uninstall McAfee personally, my heart goes out to these security software vendors, including McAfee, who are trying their darndest to do the right thing, staying ahead of the scumware of the world, and then release an update which is counterproductive.  Don't know how often this happens...but I've noticed similiar unfortunate happenings w/ other software vendors.

I don't think it's that often, and if you continue visiting forums like this you can be alerted to any adjustments or modifications nec to keep your computer safe and getting the most out of the security software that you have.  :thumbsup:

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Re: Notifications for A/V Software Updates
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2006, 01:57:59 AM »
Sorry, I just now saw this thread ripley, I've been busy and haven't gotten out of my cage much. LOL

You are very welcome, we try our best to keep everything up to date, especially in  a situation like that one.  :D
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Re: Notifications for A/V Software Updates
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2006, 01:06:41 AM »
ripley, something to consider is, as I have done, to subscribe to the update threads for the software on your computer.  That way, you will know when there has been an update 'cause you'll get an email notification.  See http://www.landzdown.com/index.php?topic=1935.0 . 
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Re: Notifications for A/V Software Updates
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2006, 07:10:51 PM »
Corrine  :)
McAfee was the only software updates that I hadn't subscribed to here, cuz McAfee on my computer at the time, was set for automatic updates.
Therein lies the lesson for me.  I was only "subscribing" to the software update threads that I was updating manually.  Because of that circumstance above, I've now changed that to software update notifications from LzD that include software that I update manually as well as automatically.
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Re: Notifications for A/V Software Updates
« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2006, 11:44:53 PM »
Good idea, ripley.  It doesn't hurt to stay informed.  In fact, I just posted a f/p in the McAfee thread tonight.  As hard as the software companies try, f/p's happen, so its good to know what's going on, as you did, before scanning.
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