SWAT IT

Hmm, I don't run AT (except for a little testing now and then). Not once during testing a trojan was detected.
But that's not a big achievement: when the risks are limited, the measures to take are limited. No risk - no problem.

It's just a matter of risk analysis. Is your environment exposed to certain risks, then do whatever you can. When using (peer-to-peer) file sharing or while on line chatting without taking precautions, risks are there. But it's your responsibility as well.
I'm not at risk: I'm a dull old timer , so I don't frequent risky environments and I use less vulnerable tooling. I don't need daily updates. Heck, I don't even need AT ^{and maybe not even AV}

 

Some people are not so lucky. That is why I preach e-mail
protection above all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am sure even an old dude like yourself must have that ey?

 

You can also unpack an already packed server like I did for my small test with a SubSeven server. Also the archive scan function is not that nice because every file is extracted into the temp folder. And last but not least the scanning result was quit poor: It missed out several common backdoor trojans like Optix.

wizard

 

off topic...

Quite, I'm using Outpost and my AV is Avast on one system and Etrust AV on another. And one of my email addresses is hosted by myrealbox.
And yes lucky: last 5 years my own scanners found 2 infected incoming mails, but The Bat! is invulnerable to these specific viruses/worms. Myrealbox catches some worms too

back on topic...

Now this is less nice lesson to learn: Not all freebies are adviseable