Recent content by plutarch

For those of you who think I'm drinking a bit too much from the company Kool Aid let me fill you in on something: First, I have made every attempt to avoid mentioning my company or speaking poorly about any of our competitors. Second, I haven't given anyone a call-to-action such as the...

I think a couple of you folks might be missing part of the point. I'm not trying to get into a holy war about one vendor's AV product versus another. Obviously, I have very strong opinions on one vendor (me) against another. If another one was better I would have gone to work for them. That's...

I don't disagree with you; however, many of us AV vendors update our content (i.e. virus/malware definitions) much more frequently than anti-spyware vendors. However, the "*****" in the armor isn't that we don't protect against zero-day attacks (we do and we do a darn good job of it). The *****...

For those of you who are smart enough to simply "avoid" viruses I am sure you can be safe without hearing any propaganda or bluster from me. You guys already know the racket we have set up to get you to buy stuff. I know you're just too smart. So I won't bother. If you're really smart, keep...

What the hell is wrong with you people making this suggestion? This is a ridiculous suggestion as it tells people to use their PC without basic protection. I don't tell people to drive their cars without seat belts. I don't encourage them to leave the bullets in the gun while cleaning it. I...

Sorry, that's incorrect. The other way is to let someone else try it first and see if it fixes it. That way if it messes something up you let some other poor slob goof up his computer instead of yours.