Subj : Re: Anti-Virus Suggestion
To : Daryl Stout
From : Doug Cooper
Date : Sun Jul 26 2020 08:14 pm
DS> Let me try this again. I had more than one QWK packet, and I zapped the
DS> REP packet <blush!> -- I think it's too early in the day. :P
DS>
DS> First, I've never seen a setting of such with IObit. It does have 3
DS> scanning options:
DS>
DS> 1) Smart Scan - scans only the critical file areas of the system.
DS> 2) Full Scan - scans the entire system.
DS> 3) Custom Scan - scans what file or directory you specify.
DS>
DS> Second, in the past, I've used McAfee, F-Prot, CA Internet Security,
DS> and Fix-It Utilities, for my virus scanners. Too bad that there isn't a
DS> command line scanner one can use for new uploads to the BBS. I also used
DS> to run the THDPro program, which allowed me to process new uploads
DS> immediately.
DS>
DS> Daryl
Ha! No worries, thats my every morning prior to a few cups of coffee. I'll
try the IO bit now that my daughter flew back home this AM I'll have time to
install. I remember McAfee, used to like it pretty well. Nortons came free
with my laptop and I sware it won't uninstall. It somehow knows I've done
so, and has extensions within chrome and who knows where else to send
"reminders" that my PC isn't "protected," even when Windows 10 has built in
virus and malware support (sigh ..) I remember trying IO bit and liked it,
but had since reinstalled windows. The only application I didn't like of
theirs (since my last post) is their driver update. It installed an updated
driver to my laptop that disabled my Miracast, which took me a good hour to
research how to turn back on. At the end of the day I had to delete and
reinstall the wifi 6 driver prior to it working.
