[GLLUG] Setting up a dual-boot system

[Caleb Cushing]

isn't Kaspersky the one that did the "proof of concept windows/linux virus"?

On 6/23/06, Clay Dowling <clay at lazarusid.com> wrote:
>
> frank.dolinar at comcast.net wrote:
>
> > On the other hand, if I thought I had an alternative, I wouldn't be
> > going this route.
>
> I strongly recommend Kaspersky anti-virus.  Although it doesn't claim to
> be an anti-spyware package, it has in fact proved invaluable in
> destroying such processes.  A client is in the unfortunate position of
> being required by his employer to run his PC using Internet Explorer
> with all security restrictions off (this was not pin-headed management
> either; a core application essential to doing his job required it).  As
> you can imagine the machine was overrun with all manner of nastiness.
> There were better than 100 pieces of malware, with a massive number
> running as active processes.
>
> Kaspersky, in a couple of scan and kill cycles, managed to kill all of
> them, and kept his computer safe after that.  I haven't found Norton or
> any of the other products at the big-box stores capable of protecting
> systems so well.
>
> Clay
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