I'm not assuming. It's amusing that you took such a patronizing stance. As far as I am concerned, your comment is irrelevant. Most of the folks here have half a brain and know when they are doing something on the risky side. Your comment would have much more meaning in a forum where the folks don't know what heuristic actually means. Those folks probably won't know about it. It would take an amazingly skilled bloke to infect me or likely many of the people that will read this post.
I'm usually virtualized, so unless the virus writer is more than the typical script kiddie that may get lucky, he won't get past the virtualization*. Before he gets lucky though, he would have to get past a few good scanners that I run. Avast just happens to be the one I like the most. I don't depend completely on any single scanner. I think it's unwise to put all your eggs into one basket in that respect.
*Possible:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Pill but unlikely.
I use avast and will probably use it until I come across something that infects me with avast running. I've used avg and avast and I prefer avast because it has detected orkut where others failed and I like the price and I like the update rate.
http://blog.shankarganesh.com/2007/11/07/avg-vs-avast/
At first I only thought you were a fool. Now you've convinced me.
Before you opened your mouth and removed any doubt concerning how daft you are, did you happen to read that entire wikipedia entry? hmm?
Developers release either a closed beta or an open beta; closed beta versions are released to a select group of individuals for a user test, while open betas are to a larger community group, usually the general public. The testers report any bugs that they found and sometimes minor features they would like to see in the final version.
No. You are simply wrong.
Beta can be a limited number of testers or it can be an open Beta where an unlimited number of people can use it.
Beta, in the way that google has used it, seems to allow them to pull the plug at any time for any reason.
Nowhere does 'beta' mean that it has to be a limited number of users. What it can mean is that there isn't much you can do about it if they decide they need to pull the plug on it for one reason or another.
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I'm not assuming. It's amusing that you took such a patronizing stance. As far as I am concerned, your comment is irrelevant. Most of the folks here have half a brain and know when they are doing something on the risky side. Your comment would have much more meaning in a forum where the folks don't know what heuristic actually means. Those folks probably won't know about it. It would take an amazingly skilled bloke to infect me or likely many of the people that will read this post. I'm usually virtualized, so unless the virus writer is more than the typical script kiddie that may get lucky, he won't get past the virtualization*. Before he gets lucky though, he would have to get past a few good scanners that I run. Avast just happens to be the one I like the most. I don't depend completely on any single scanner. I think it's unwise to put all your eggs into one basket in that respect. *Possible:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Pill but unlikely.
I use avast and will probably use it until I come across something that infects me with avast running. I've used avg and avast and I prefer avast because it has detected orkut where others failed and I like the price and I like the update rate. http://blog.shankarganesh.com/2007/11/07/avg-vs-avast/
I think Bondo would fit a bit better :)
Developers release either a closed beta or an open beta; closed beta versions are released to a select group of individuals for a user test, while open betas are to a larger community group, usually the general public. The testers report any bugs that they found and sometimes minor features they would like to see in the final version.
Nice use of mml. Moron Mark-up Language. pffft.
No. You are simply wrong. Beta can be a limited number of testers or it can be an open Beta where an unlimited number of people can use it. Beta, in the way that google has used it, seems to allow them to pull the plug at any time for any reason. Nowhere does 'beta' mean that it has to be a limited number of users. What it can mean is that there isn't much you can do about it if they decide they need to pull the plug on it for one reason or another.
They may not go to India, but I heard Dubai does quite a bit with security...
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