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online scans

by markster Mar 20, 2005 12:46AM PST

i did some online scans on panda and trend micro(i think thats the name). panda scanned over 100,000 files and trend micro only scanned a lil bit over 24,000. so i checked my nva(not online) and it said i had 55,000. does this mean panda is the best antivirus out of all of them??

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Mark, It Just Means That 'Count' Differently

by Grif Thomas Forum moderator Mar 20, 2005 2:19AM PST

Some scanners count a compressed file, such as a CAB or Zip as ONE file..Others scanners count ALL of the files that are inside the compressed file...It changes the number of files scanned a lot but the files are still being scanned correctly. Still, I think it's important to use a good antivirus installed on your computer PLUS use the online scanners as a "second opinion" once in a while.

In addition, it's important to be sure that the scanner is checking inside compressed files. Your onboard antivirus, NAV, should be set to scan "all files" and "compressed files", if there is such a setting. Many of the new viruses actually enter your e-mail as a password protected zip file.

Hope this helps.

Grif

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(NT) (NT) yea it helped, Thank You

by markster Mar 20, 2005 4:44AM PST

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