I have seen the light (and it is green)

Discussion in 'other anti-virus software' started by egghead, Feb 29, 2008.

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  1. Banshee

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    It is the norm here.Not worth the bother. Look elsewhere.
     
  2. Bob

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    Just found my first false positive (in years) with DrWeb.
    Was fixed within 13 hours.
     
  3. C.S.J

    C.S.J Massive Poster

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    sure it is ... LOL

    And im sure you will use the utility whenever your system needs cleaning, that's the norm.
     
  4. n8chavez

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    FPs wouldn't be that big of any issue with Dr Web if there was any sort of quarantine with it. That has been a major problem for years. I know, I know it'll be in version 5. But with no timetable on when to expect it I'm beginning to wonder if it even exists.
     
  5. Banshee

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    Wrong.I have replaced cureit with the kaspersky tool a long time ago. Do you really enjoy making an ass of yourself every time you post ?
     
  6. C.S.J

    C.S.J Massive Poster

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    this forum is biased!
    personal remarks are forbidden :D
     
  7. bellgamin

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    Personal insults are unnecessary & can cause threads to be closed by Wilders mods. Please desist. :thumbd:
     
  8. Jadda

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    I have now bought a license key for Dr.Web to my laptop. I have used the trial for some weeks, and I'm really impressed by it's performance. I usually not buy antivirus software, but this time I was very impressed that I had to have a license.

    I usually just use the software I get from my ISP, which is Norman and are used on my main computer, or free ones. But this time I wanted to try something new, and support antivirus vendors. So my laptop has got a new antivirus - Dr.Web.

    I hope I do not regret it! So far, I do not.
     
  9. C.S.J

    C.S.J Massive Poster

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    laptops, its what i use mine on. ;)

    welcome to the green club :D
     
  10. Jadda

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    Thank you Chris! :)

    How long have you been with Dr.Web? I just get a feeling that you have supported them some time.

    I have used CureIt! for some time, but finally I got chance to test out the real thing. And are there some settings I should use, or are the default ones ok?
     
  11. n8chavez

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    Jadda, please see this post for your Dr Web settings. Chris was very thorough with it.

    It is worth mentioning that there are very few, if any changes that need to be made from the defaults in order to get 'good' protection. Some users enable archive scanning within SpiderGuard, as I do. Also, if you want to enable the deleting of malware within archives you will need to edit the drweb32.ini; change EnableDeleteArchiveAction = No to EnableDeleteArchiveAction = Yes
     
  12. Jadda

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    Thanks for the tip and the link for the thread! I'll go through it now. I appreciate it.
     
  13. AndreyKa

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    It's enable the deleting of whole archive if some malware within it.
     
  14. n8chavez

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    That's true. That's better than having malware on your system though.
     
  15. Waterfox

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    Hi everybody!
    OK, after reading these posts about Dr.Web I've decided to give it a try, so today I downloaded the trial version and so far so good ;)
    works very well, although I wonder why it came with spidermail module when I specifically chose just av part (without antispam).
    Anyways, just unclicked on "load on startup" in the spidermail icon so that's hopefully out of the way.
    Cheers
     
  16. egghead

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    spidermail checks your email.

    in the trial period you can use "check for spam"
    (spidermail settings > scan), if I remember well.

    when you buy the program (antivirus for windows only) the "check for spam"
    option is disabled
     
  17. Waterfox

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    Ok, good to know, but I disabled it 'cause it took a lot of memory (something close to 54 MB) and 'cause I don't need mail scanner.
     
  18. C.S.J

    C.S.J Massive Poster

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    spidermail should take between 20-25 only,

    instead of disabling, you should disable the option during installation, and it wont be installed.

    just reclick the installation, click Modify and untick Spidermail, this will save you un-installing all of drweb just to remove one feature.
     
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    Disabling it doesn't decrease protection.
     
  20. Waterfox

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    Thanks for the info guys :thumb:
     
  21. curiousmicrobe

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    VB100 Results Overview: Doctor Web

    25 Success / 23 Failure / 8 No Entry

    February 2008 - Doctor Web Dr. Web Antivirus for Windows Server
    Status: FAIL
    Failure reason: 4 wildlist misses​

    Actually it's the 5th Failure in the row since October 2006.

    Not Great. I don't understand people who switch from an ESET product or Kaspersky product to this.
     
  22. Macstorm

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    Bad news for the Dr.
    Although it's actually their Windows Server version what was tested.
     
  23. Firecat

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    Engine remains the same between the Windows desktop and Windows Server editions. However, I know from looking at tests that sometimes it is possible server version may miss a sample while desktop version may detect it, Virus Chaser might miss a sample while Dr.Web might catch it, etc. (in spite of having the same definition and engine updates) - So its no guarantee that the desktop version will not detect these samples.
     
  24. egghead

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    4 wildlist misses !? Unbelievable. What a thrash program. I'm gonna bin this Russian garbage immediately. :rolleyes:


    I do understand this, and I understand this very well.
    Hint: it has to do with protection in real life ;)
     
  25. C.S.J

    C.S.J Massive Poster

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    this forum is biased!
    its not too bad, and there are
    reasons curious, ones in sure you are aware of. ;)
     
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