just renewed mine direct with norton,£22,originally they said £49 but after I told them I would cancel and move to a cheaper product they reduced...
perhaps you could explain to stillborn,he doesn't seem be able to grasp what I mean,either that or english isn't his 1st language and his...
I doubt it:p
sorry if what I was saying went over your head but you seem to have got hold of the wrong end of the stick lets designate the letters a to h as...
I don't use and probably will never use any products of these companies but am still concerned about this,but what concerns me,as I have indicated...
bit of a nimby attitude there don't you think?just because it doesn't affect you it's not important?lots of things don't affect folk directly that...
if the testing was done at random times with the vendors having no knowledge of when tests were being carried out,it's unlikely things like this...
what they haven't heard of is paying for legitimate software
probably all ,well most,of the developers of all av products started as passionate and honest developers,you shouldn't tar all with the same brush...
another worthless test ALL/ANY running processes will slow a pc(any pc)and that will vary with not just spec of pc but other installed apps,there...
I don't know what has gone on here to be honest,none of us do but AV-C has contradicted themselves on how and where they obtain the products they...
problem is that this thread isn't really about software it's about a company trying to cheat,so it's going to cover more than the software they...
Jerry Yang is Taiwanese,with the Chinese attitude to Taiwan I don't think he would like to be called Chinese!
I was just pointing out that linux,like all other platforms is susceptible to malware and has been in the past,that is the biggest problem with...
where do you think rootkit tech was developed?
don't get the idea that linux is immune from malware,mac users were under that delusion for years
the security companies probably know ways and means of spying/gathering information that they keep to themselves that even the most savvy...
lol been most interesting test for ages!
this from pc mag article above seems to make it clear that the vendors do submit their products to the testing labs rather than the testing labs...
probably not,they are done by amateurs as well!:D
so how can they manipulate a version specifically to perform better for the labs?
this doesn't make sense,in the other thread AV-C stated that all the products tested were downloaded from the companies web sites as they would...
I do realise that but was just saying,more or less,that if dates of tests are known,like the vb100 test which are set in stone,then vendors can...
think I have mixed up testing labs,I am talking about years back when eset av was called nod32 and was their only product AND it didn't detect...
at least this has got folk talking about the testing used and whether these tests in the end mean anything,if tests are done to a known timetable...
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