[OFB Cafe] OT: Conficker and Virus Scanners

[Jens Benecke]

Am 26.05.2009 um 04:12 schrieb Timothy Butler:

> Hi everyone,
> 	Has anyone on here dealt with Conficker cleaning? Someone decided  
> to remove the anti-virus on a computer at church, and it appears to  
> be a mess with that delightful little virus.
>
> 	So, the first question I have is, if you've dealt with Conficker,  
> did you have any success cleaning a system without reformatting?  
> I've read mixed reports.
>
> 	Second, I'm not terribly thrilled with most AV software I've worked  
> with in recent years. Anyone have one you really like not only for  
> accuracy but also being a non-resource hog?


Hi Tim,

I only use ClamXav occasionally, but I do use ClamAV on the  
Spamfreemail server and it's had quite a good record of finding mail  
viruses. I don't know about its Windows performance.
If you don't want a resource hog, don't even look at Symantec. When I  
had my uni notebook Symantec's insistence on scanning every file you  
touch, and doing "quick system scans" exactly when you don't need  
them, ate about 20% of the notebook's battery time.
My fiance is quite satisfied with "Avira Antivir". It's free for  
personal use (it's a time limited license but they keep renewing it)  
and it has saved her computer already a few times e.g. once when we  
had visitors who brought infected USB sticks.

I haven't dealt with Conficker yet, though.

Regards

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