[nfbcs] virus software

[Steve Jacobson]

As I recall, part of the issue was that they were not going to worry so much about tailoring their development to 
passing particular tests, and that had gotten turned into them not developing their software.  Having said that, I 
do find it frustrating that so many anti-virus options are either hard to use or not accessible at all to us.  
What is even a bit more frustrating is that my employer has used a corporate version of Norton and now McAfee, and 
both seem very accessible to me but they can't be purchased by consumers.  <smile>  As Curtis mentioned, Vipre is 
an option, but I've heard their latest versions are less accessible but do not know that firsthand.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 11:52:09 -0800, Jim Barbour wrote:

>Oh really?  Thanks Steve.

>Jim

>On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 01:37:02PM -0600, Steve Jacobson wrote:
>> Jim,
>> 
>> At least one of the sources of an article that Microsoft Security Essentials was no longer to be recommended 
>> backed off significantly in a later release.  As is often the case, retractions don't get as wide a circulation 
as 
>> that which is being retracted.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Steve Jacobson
>> 
>> >----- Original Message ----- 
>> >From: "Jim Barbour" <jbar at barcore.com>
>> >To: "NFB in Computer Science Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>> >Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 11:22 AM
>> >Subject: Re: [nfbcs] virus software
>> 
>> 
>> >> Hey Everyone,
>> >>
>> >> Unfortunately, security essentials has essentially been abandoned by
>> >> Microsoft and is no longer recommended as a anti-virus solution.
>> >>
>> >> I am not sure what has taken it's place, but I recommend staying away
>> >> from MSE.
>> >>
>> >> Jim
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 05:16:57PM +0000, Stanzel, Susan - FSA, Kansas 
>> >> City, MO wrote:
>> >>> Isn't that automatically on my computer?
>> >>>
>> >>> Susie
>> >>>
>> >>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike Freeman
>> >>> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 9:11 AM
>> >>> To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List'
>> >>> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] virus software
>> >>>
>> >>> Microsoft Security Essentials.
>> >>>
>> >>> Mike
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Stanzel, 
>> >>> Susan - FSA, Kansas City, MO
>> >>> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 6:36 AM
>> >>> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List (nfbcs at nfbnet.org)
>> >>> Subject: [nfbcs] virus software
>> >>>
>> >>> Good morning Listers,
>> >>> I need to get a virus scanning program. I use JAWS 14 on a Windows 7 
>> >>> machine. Naturally, I don't want to pay a fortune. What is the most JAWS 
>> >>> friendly one?
>> >>>
>> >>> Susie Stanzel
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
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