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Symantec Exec Warns Against Relying On Free Antivirus
thefickler writes "Clearly, the rise of free antivirus is starting to worry Symantec, with one of their top executives warning consumers not to rely on free antivirus software (including Microsoft's Security Essentials). 'If you are only relying on free antivirus to offer you protection in this modern age, you are not getting the protection you need to be able to stay clean and have a reasonable chance of avoiding identity theft,' said David Hall, a Product Manager for Symantec. According to Hall, there is a widening gap between people's understanding of what protection they need and the threats they're actually facing."
Dear SimonTech,
What if your AV was free because you stole a license from work?
Best,
A.C.
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"Microsoft warns against free operating systems. "They're so inferior! Look at ours, it runs the London Stock Exchange...oh wait." - by bmo (77928) on Saturday July 04, @09:36AM (#28579671)
Perhaps the folks @ the London Stock Exchange didn't do a great job & had to move away from SQLServer 2000 + Windows Server 2003, but NASDAQ's done pretty well with a major subsystem (reporting for end users &/or customers) called "THE OFFICIAL TRADE DATA DISSEMINATION SYSTEM" (MDDS) which runs on Windows Server 2003, AND, SQLServer 2005... testimonials from the VP of this project are as follows:
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"The move from large mainframe computers to SQL Server 2005 and Intel-based servers is something of a milestone in the industry. For years, we used large mainframe computers because of their reputation for reliability" - said Ken Richmond, vice president for software engineering, market information systems at NASDAQ.
"The fact that we can move mission-critical applications from large mainframe computers to SQL Server 2005 and Intel-based servers shows how both Microsoft and Intel are creating enterprise-grade solutions." - said Ken Richmond, vice president for software engineering, market information systems at NASDAQ.
"We saw an early demonstration of Snapshot Isolation and knew this was the solution we needed to run queries against real-time data without slowing the delivery of
trading data. It has worked perfectly for us" - Ken Richmond, vice president for software engineering, market information systems at NASDAQ.
FROM -> http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=49271
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MDDS (acronym for this reporting system) doesn't run "the entire show" @ NASDAQ, & in fact, BUT?
Neither does what runs the quote trading data program setup (i.e.-> it does what IT does, but it does not do what the report system here in MDDS does either)...
(However - A Microsoft based software system does play a major part as "THE OFFICIAL TRADE DATA DISSEMINATION SYSTEM" @ NASDAQ, & does well (PERFECT, & ENTERPRISE CLASS/MISSION CRITICAL PERFECT) another stock exchange)...
APK
P.S.=> A lot of people seem to think that "1 program runs the entire array of tasks" @ these places, & that is NOT the case...
(Clearly, based on the above testimonials & article? MS has done a decent job nevertheless)
This "uptime performance" also largely depends on the systems (hardware-wise) these tasks are laid out/distributed across, as well as the coders that wrote them, the architects who planned them, & the network engineering/tech staff, that maintains them... as well as the budgets laid out for all of those! apk
stopped using anti-virus software years ago, because I've discovered in all reality it's for idiots who don't know how to use a computer... i haven't ever had a virus (end of story).
I don't need anti-virus because I use Linux (Ubuntu, Puppy, PCLinuxOS)! "Malware", Virus, Worms, Trojans, etc., do not effect my PCs.
You are such a stupid dumb fuck M$ shill that I doubt you can find your own arse.
Linux and Unix systems do not get viri because they are, unlike Windows, __NOT__ totally broken to start with and they get fixed when needed, for free.
Viruses are a user idiocy problem. The only protection is to not let idiots use computers. Who is going to protect us from the drain and data loss caused bye the anti[sic]-virus programs?