> RF> I go along with this ... my wife and I drive German cars for that
> RF> very reason. If Australia produced a car which represented the
> RF> same value for money, I'd buy it.
> [and in a separate message...]
> RF> Yeah ... I remember the Lemming ... it paid for my Ferrari. :)
> OK... come clean. What kind of car do you really drive ?
Both ... but not at the same time. :)
> 1) Which recognizes the most known viruses (not just those in the
> Wild List) most often?
AVP
> 2) Which heuristically tags the most new/unknown viruses most often?
AVP
> Clearly, capability #1 is more important than #2... the probabilities
> at this time simply favor being hit by a known virus. And just as
> clearly, you believe that a heuristic capability is important. Do
> you feel that scanners which don't offer heuristic scanning are
> fundamentally flawed and thus unacceptable or just not ideal?
Even if it's updated three times a day, a "signatures only" scanner can
never be as good as a scanner which also uses decent heuristics.
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