[gui-talk] PREVX Virus and Worm Scanner

[Steve Jacobson]

Albert,

The free scanning component is supposed to access a database of threats when it runs rather than using a definition 
file.  When I was considering using this program, my virus definitions would not update and were a month old and the 
December Windows Malicious Removal Tool had not downloaded so what I had was for the second week of 
November.  If it works, it seemed like a very quick way to determine if the problems I was having was due to a threat 
that had gotten past my virus program.  For me it was playing a different role.  It does remove some Ad-ware and such, 
and there is apparently a paid version that removes more, but I really don't know that it is any better than a particular 
virus program.  It was just an alternative to quickly see if my computer was infected without loading a second antivirus 
program and all that.  It may be similar to HiJackThis,, I am not familiar with that program.

Best regards,

Steve

On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 18:27:55 -0500, albert griffith wrote:

>Steve, what was supposed to make this program better than traditional
>antivirus programs?  

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>Subject: Re: [gui-talk] PREVX Virus and Worm Scanner

>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

>>Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Project Engineer, Engineering Section
>>National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
>>Library of Congress    (202) 707-0535   <http://www.loc.gov/nls>
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>>The opinions expressed here are my own and do not necessarily represent 
>>those of NLS.


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