Posts by Elmwoodie

Paid secur-o-ware is generally better than free, but not always by a lot

This misleading story is based on a report with a methodology issue

I agree with the Dennis reports conclusion: If you run XP SP3 with no additional patches, IE7,old versions of Flash and Adobe reader and do not care about performance, Microsoft Security Essentials aint your solution.

This platform was picked " due to the high prevalence of internet threats that rely on this combination." The "logic" behind this statement in the report boggles me: "The prevalence of these threats suggests that there are many systems with this level of patching currently connected to the internet." Wikipedia indicates that the most common IE version on the web for at least the last two years has been IE 8, not IE 7. In 2012 it might be IE9.

I suggest that the prevalence of these threats is because they are possible and well known, and have nothing to do with the number of potential targets.

This misleading story is based on a report with a methodology issue.

Re: Used to think Microsoft Security Essentials was OK

I dont know who Dennis is. I do know who Virus Bulletin is. They say MS Essentials is catching 100% of "in the wild" malware. They also do more realistic testing with platforms I use and recommend. WinXP SP3 with no additional patches and IE7 and known bad versions of third party software is not a realistic test bed. Dennis did indicate that they MSE did have the lowest (or second lowest) rate of False positives which is important. I think there are some serious issues with Dennis' methodology.

The reason I uninstall most of these paid packages from any PC i see is the terrible performance impact. And according to every other report I have seen, their performance IS NOT BETTER than MSE.

http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/latest_comparative/index

Google unleashes phone calls from Gmail

no google voice for Canucks

"Google Voice has long offered free calls and texts within the US and Canada as well as low-cost international calls."

Not true unless you are in US. Canadians have not had access to Google Voice (and still dont).

But yes, Canadian GMAIL users now have the CALL PHONE feature. (Strangely, if you have a workgroup GMAIL account for administering users in a domain, the CALL PHONE feature is not there).

BUT Canadians still cant sign up for Google Voice (your country does not have service yet message). This means outbound only for now.

But it looks like Canadians are halfway there and I would expect the other shoe to fall by December 2010.