[nfbcs] virus software

[Steve Jacobson]

Susie,

To my knowledge, Microsoft Security Essentials is the most accessible, even though it is a little strange in some 
ways.  One issue I considered is that there have been a number of anti-virus solutions about which people have 
raved saying how accessible they are, only to have the next versions break significant parts of the interface for 
us.  I think that the awareness of Microsoft of accessibility makes this less likely to happen there.  I also feel 
that even if it were to be found to be true that Microsoft is somewhat less effective, that I am still going to be 
more likely to run scans and know the product is up-to-date than if I am using another less accessible product.  
This has to be brought into the picture when one looks at what offers the best protection.  I will readily admit, 
though, that for the past couple of years, I have pretty much given up on experimenting with the latest versions 
of other products, so I'm very open to be wrong about this.  

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 20:16:33 +0000, Stanzel, Susan - FSA, Kansas City, MO wrote:

>OK, I'm back to my original question. What is the most accessible product?

>Susie

>-----Original Message-----
>From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jim Barbour
>Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 1:52 PM
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>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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