A few days after that, my graphics adapter card died and I went back to integrated graphics. Adaware, Spyware Blaster, Spybot and Windows Defender never found any problems at any point. My computer sits behind 2 routers and I have run port scan tests and they all report that all the ports on my machine are in stealth mode. A few weeks back, almost every other time I powered on my computer, Norton firewall would warn that an attack has been blocked using the Bla Trojan rule (UDP traffic on port 1042). Greenbelt, MD: Brian, Thanks for your columns. If it succeeds, then go ahead and try re-installing Flash.
The uninstaller has been updated to address Windows permission issues." "If you have a Windows Flash Player uninstaller downloaded prior to on your desktop, please delete it and download the latest version. According to Adobe, the problem in cases was that the installer didn't have to proper permission from the operating system to muck with the files: So I'm stuck in limbo - any suggestions?īrian Krebs: Adobe recently released a stand-alone uninstaller to help people get Flash off their machines or to help clean up a bad uninstall/install. I've tried uninstalling Flash 9 several times, but Add/Remove won't let me remove it at all. The Adobe "about flash" page won't show a proper install, nor does it show Flash 8. Silver Spring, MD: Brian - I tried to install the Flash Player 9 update from Adobe on Internet Explorer, but it doesn't work, even though Add/Remove Programs shows it installed.
That said, these free AV products will usually alert you if you try to open an infected file or if a trojan somehow gets intstalled on your machine after visiting a site.Īside from the response times, I actually use AVG and AVAST on different systems I own because they don't have a huge footprint on the system for the most part, but your mileage may vary. It showed that on average AVAST and and AVG (another free anti-virus tool) took about 8-10 hours to ship new updates. Of the various anti-virus products to the latest threats. What I mean by that is that tests have repeatedly shown many of the free anti-virus tools to lag a bit behind AV products like Kaspersky and NOD32 in pushing out anti-virus definitions that allow them to spot brand new online threats. Free anti-virus tools are pretty good, although they are perhaps a little better at on-demand virus scanning that real-time protection. So, without further ado.īedford, MA: Are we (the online) users taking an undue risk if we use a free online virus protection like Avast? What are the shortfalls of these programs?īrian Krebs: Hi Dan, nice question.
We're relatively light on questions so far, so if you've been itching to ask a security-related question, now would be an excellent time to drop it in the queue. Brian Krebs: Happy Friday everyone, and thanks for joining us for Security Fix Live.
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