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| Thread ID: 43682 | 2004-03-23 13:12:00 | AVG updates and Netsky K | Robin S_ (86) | Press F1 |
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| 224630 | 2004-03-23 13:12:00 | Apparently Netsky K is the up and coming kid on the virus block. I have updated my free AVG version but cannot find anything on the AVG site that tells me what viruses the various updates add to its database. Can anyone tell me if there is a way to do this, or is this facility only available in the paid versions, or not at all? I would like to know if AVG can deal to Netsky K yet. | Robin S_ (86) | ||
| 224631 | 2004-03-23 13:30:00 | Using the virus encyclopedia search on the GriSoft web-site will tell you what viruses they know about. NetSky.K has been around since March 08, 2004 so chances are it is picked up, they are up to about NetSky.P last time I looked. At the end of the day, even if your antivirus software doesn't detect it, if you get an e-mail address from someone you don't know (or even someone you do) and don't like the look of it, don't open the attachment. Easy as that. |
whiskeytangofoxtrot (438) | ||
| 224632 | 2004-03-23 23:54:00 | Thanks WTF. I am aware of the encyclopaedia but it would be nice if there was something more positive than just assuming that anything in the encyclopaedia is protected against. I am also very vigilant about opening e-mail attachments but like to have at least a second line of defence. Netsky K is an IE exploit which reputedly can install itself without the attachment being opened. My version of IE is said by M$ to be protected from the exploit but how reliable is that? |
Robin S_ (86) | ||
| 224633 | 2004-03-24 02:37:00 | As far as I am aware, NetSky.K doesn't affect IE at all. | whiskeytangofoxtrot (438) | ||
| 224634 | 2004-03-24 03:27:00 | I can find no mention of Netsky.K on AVG's website. I hope that doesn't mean that it isn't in the virus database. :-( Just as well it appears to come in with a .pif attachment - they are easily spotted and given the one-finger salute. |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 224635 | 2004-03-24 11:00:00 | Yes, Susan. Netsky K is not in the AVG database and this is behind my original post - when a virus is listed in the database does it mean that AVG deals to it, and conversely, if one isn't in the database does one assume that there is no protection from it? This would be useful to know. I presume you have read about NK at Symantec. Another on the rise is Netsky P (also known as Netsky Q which is in the AVG database. | Robin S_ (86) | ||
| 224636 | 2004-03-24 13:03:00 | AVG usually detect incoming viruses within a day or two of release. My address is in a shed-load of address books and I get a large number of viruses and quite often scan them with AVG on a colleagues machine if I want to find out what they are, as I don't run a virus scanner on my individual machine (no need to). But really you can hardly begrudge them if they don't, building heuristics for picking up viruses etc is hard work, and at the rate they are coming out at the moment I wouldn't be surprised if they missed one or two. I mean hell with the amount of money no-one is paying them you can hardly blame them if development is slow. |
whiskeytangofoxtrot (438) | ||
| 224637 | 2004-03-24 22:32:00 | > But really you can hardly begrudge them if they don't, building heuristics for picking up viruses etc is hard work, and at the rate they are coming out at the moment I wouldn't be surprised if they missed one or two. > I mean hell with the amount of money no-one is paying them you can hardly blame them if development is slow. Rubbish. They would be doing the work for the paying subscribers so it wouldn't be a huge effort to pop the same definititions into the free version. |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 224638 | 2004-03-24 22:57:00 | Get real Susan Do you really think they are going to give free users the same priority as those who have paid. |
Jim B (153) | ||
| 224639 | 2004-03-25 00:11:00 | I didn't say that free users would be given the same priority as those who have paid, Jim . Free users might have to wait a little longer, maybe, but I would find it hard to believe that the paid users would have a much larger virus definition list than the free users . I could be wrong though, of course . |
Susan B (19) | ||
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