I have seen the light (and it is green)

it seems to only happen with LnS and i think even pctools firewall has something to do with LnS's, or is that wrong?

 

this thread has gotten way off the track & no need for personal attacks guys, let's play nice. BWT everyone is intitled to an opinion & if you don't agree just agree to disagree ,

 

Slammer is not a threat unless you both:
- Run a 6 year old unpatched copy of MS SQL Server on your system. This particular vulnurability is dated July 24, 2002.
- Don't have a firewall blocking the incoming packages.

In other words - you are completely safe from this "threat" without any antivirus-product.

 

so true Larry,

people who refuse to see the light, will never see it.

 

Yep, it happens with LnS and PC Tools firewall, but there are reports of the same FP with Sygate.

 

Thanks solcroft and lucas1985 for the explanation . There is no reason for me to worry then .Currently i am not running avast , i am trying the new avira 8. Neither avira nor bitdefender free 10 detected anything in my machine .Though cureit usually does a good job , shutting down firewall processes for an already blocked exploit looks a little bit silly and i personally think dr. web should change their view regarding this matter .

 

Every AV has its quirks, although some quirks are worse than others

 

Not only did it fail to correctly identify the source and entry point of the exploit, it tried to kill the protection that stopped the exploit, ostensibly opening up the computer to further exploits. I wouldn't call this just a quirk or a "little bit" silly.

 

Actually, rational users are probably safe from most threats without any anti-virus product.