Re: Spam cube

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Tue, 7 Mar 2006, Predrag Ivanovic wrote:

> On Mon, 6 Mar 2006 22:41:21 +0000 (GMT)
> Drsolly wrote:
>
> <spam cube>
> > Does it go after my router and before my firewall, or after the firewall 
> > and before the big switching hub, or do I put it before (or after?) my 
> > email server?
>
> Check the site for details[1](requires Flash for demos,though).

I don't have Flash, because I don't know what it does, and I have trouble
understanding why people will install stuff that has unknown
characteristics, but that's OK, because I wasn't serious.

> Suggested configuration is "plug your modem and router into it",no mention of 
> firewall,hub etc.But,since it deals with mail viruses/phishing/spam,I think it should go
> before mail server(that's an uneducated guess <g>).
> Tech specs are interesting[2]:
> protects up to 4 computers,comes in 5 colors(pink and yellow are..nice...),
> uses 'patent pending technology' and so on.
> What do you think about their choice for AV(Norton/McAfee)?
> How good are they compared to NOD32,AVG etc?

I don't know of an antivirus that I'd want to use. I'm *very* nervous 
about this idea of installing a new piece of software every single day of 
the year. I know what it was like to create, test and QC for monthly 
updates. 

> I don't use Windows anymore,but my friends do,and common AV of choice
> is either AVG or Kaspersky(Norton is a hog and a bitch to uninstall,or so I've heard).
> Is there any good (preferably non-biased) comparison of AV programs on 
> the Net?And how exactly *do* you compare them?

> Number of signatures

Irrelevant. You don't care. All you care about is, does it find the 
malware?

> speed

Easy to check, probably you can find reviews.

> percent of viruses discovered/removed? 

You would not believe how difficult this one is to measure.



It all requires a lot of hard work, and since reviewers are only paid a
few hundred dollars to write these reviews, no-one does it, as far as I
know.

> I know this is off topic,but funsec seems like a good place to ask this.
> If it's not,I apologize.


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