[nfbcs] Accessible virus protection

[Nimer Jaber]

I prefer and use Sophos Home.

Thanks.

On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 9:58 AM Deborah Armstrong via nfbcs <
nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> I really like Microsoft's security essentials. It never gets scores as
> high as some of the more commercial virus checkers, but gets reasonable
> ones. It is easy to read and interact with using JAWS, NVDA or WindowEyes.
>
> In addition I also run MalwareBytes anti-malware which works well with
> JAWS and is updatable with ninite.
>
> If you don't know about ninite.com go there and learn about it; highly
> recommended for automatically updating open-source and other freeware.
>
> Let me also suggest the corporate version of Norton's anti-virus. The
> consumer version is awful, slow, bloated and inaccessible. But the
> corporate version which is a client server model is wonderful for the end
> user. Most of the processor intensive stuff is done elsewhere so a light
> and screen-reader friendly client known as "Symantec Endpoint Protection"
> runs on the client machines and seems to catch everything. Our IT guys
> swear by it.
>
> If you get lots of flash drives from customers or clients, consider
> virustotal.com. It's just a shortcut to a web page that installs in your
> context menu. You right-click on it or press the context menu key and
> choose "scan with virustotal. The website checks your single file against I
> believe 22 different virus scanning engines -- the free online ones the
> various vendors offer. This is great for checking a single file from an
> untrusted source, but you can't run it on your entire machine.
>
> Be aware you can run multiple malware checkers, the kind that don't scan
> in the background, but not multiple virus scanners.
>
> I have friends who swear by the free AVG and Antivir virus scanners as
> well who use NVDA. I have not used them since Windows XP and don't know if
> they are still accessible.
>
> Be aware too that a slow machine is not necessarily a virus or
> malware-ridden one. Ordinary software, which insists on installing
> background tasks can over time make a machine nearly unusable. My favorite
> accessible solution for solving this problem is the AutoRuns tool from
> Sysinternals. They used to be independent but got bought by Microsoft. You
> simply arrow through a list of background tasks and press space on the ones
> you don't want running. Read the help screen though; the interface could
> have changed. Microsoft also has great videos on how to use it; you should
> watch them because the screen layout and steps are explained. It's
> important to understand how these tools work and what they do, even if you
> aren't going to read the entire screen daily repeatedly.
>
> I also like Revo uninstaller, which works with the JAWS cursor, a
> maximized window and a bit of patience. It's also free; use it to uninstall
> stuff you no longer want. It first runs the uninstall routine that the
> program built in to Windows when it first installed. After that it takes
> progressively deeper steps to clean out all traces of the offending
> program. You can stop at any step.
>
> The jury is out when registry cleaners are concerned and I haven't found
> any particularly accessible ones anyway. Some believe you no longer need
> them after XP, and others swear by them. You can read differing opinions in
> PC Magazine and PC World.
>
>
> --Debee
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ryan Stevens
> via nfbcs
> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2016 6:35 AM
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> Cc: Ryan Stevens
> Subject: [nfbcs] Accessible virus protection
>
> Hello,
>
>
>
> What are some good, high-quality virus protection programs that are
> accessible with JAWS 15 on a Windows 7 64-bit machine?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ryan Stevens
>
>
>
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