[gui-talk] PREVX Virus and Worm Scanner

[Steve Jacobson]

Lloyd,

I came across PREVX CSI on Google so I started out completely suspicious.  However, as I checked out more links after searching for PREVX, it appeared on the 
level.  I did find an article locating the company in Derby, United Kingdom with the names of executives and phone numbers.  I did not find anything on Snopes.  
This is when I decided to see if anyone else here had any experience with them since the name isn't at all familiar to me.  I remain somewhat suspicious that there is 
at least a catch.

On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:34:00 -0500, Lloyd Rasmussen wrote:

>I have never heard of it, either.  I would want to know contact 
>information, such as snail-mail adddress or phone numbers, even overseas 
>ones, for the vendor.  Where you heard about it might also be a clue.

>At 10:32 AM 1/5/2009, you wrote:
>>Hi,
>>
>>Has anyone here used the PREVX CSI Virus and Worm scanner?  If so, does it 
>>seem to be a legitimate product and does it function reasonably with a 
>>screen reader?
>>There are many of these that, rather than scanning, actually infect a 
>>machine, but this one looks interesting and I have not found any bad press 
>>on it as of yet.  Still, I've
>>never heard of it so I'm a little uneasy.  It appears to allow scans and 
>>limited removal for free and a paid version will do more complex 
>>removal.  It accesses a database
>>from the internet of the latest threats which means that one must have 
>>internet access to use it but one need not update definitions.  It does 
>>not appear to be something
>>that offers real-time protection but is used more to look for threats that 
>>have managed to get past one's standard protection.
>>
>>Thanks for any information.
>>
>>Best regards,
>>
>>Steve Jacobson

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