• Shdwdrgn
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    2 months ago

    security firm McAfee

    Now there’s an oxymoron. Let me know when they can write a virus scanner that works.

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      2 months ago

      So do you think this research is invalid, or are you just being snarky for the sake of it?

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        Hard to say for sure. They may have legitimately found something, but my experience with McAfee products has been abysmal. The last time I dealt with it, someone had the full paid version of their virus scanner which was up to date but wasn’t finding anything. I ran the free version of AVG and found over 200 items (mostly trojans and other malware). Their research may be valid, but I certainly wouldn’t trust any of their software to find even widely-known issues.