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    From Gert Andersen@2:230/150 to Janis Kracht on Tue Oct 28 10:22:52 2014
    Hello Janis!

    I wrote to 4-5 AntiVirus Companies here by the weekeend (Norton Symantec, McAffee, ROSE AVG, HBED, etc.) on about DAT and Def + updater files, and I just
    yesterday got respond back from them all where they told me that they fine could send me the files but it was not a good idea to hatch the files out for networks use as there have been a very big explose in computer Virus and DAT files.
    The only they AV companies mean there could be good is their free AddOns and Utilities + extra small programs.

    For example for DAT and Updating Def files fron Norton and Mcaff:
    DAT for 5-6 years ago was at 4-5Mb and now has the files grown by 100 x bigger. 2005 = 4.500Mb - 2014 = 400.000MB

    Take care,
    Gert

    - Get the best with linux -

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  • From Janis Kracht@1:261/38 to Gert Andersen on Tue Oct 28 09:12:26 2014
    Hello Janis!

    I wrote to 4-5 AntiVirus Companies here by the weekeend (Norton Symantec,
    McAffee, ROSE AVG, HBED, etc.) on about DAT and Def + updater files, and I jus
    yesterday got respond back from them all where they told me that they fine could send me the files but it was not a good idea to hatch the files out for networks use as there have been a very big explose in computer Virus and DAT files.
    The only they AV companies mean there could be good is their free AddOns and Utilities + extra small programs.

    For example for DAT and Updating Def files fron Norton and Mcaff:
    DAT for 5-6 years ago was at 4-5Mb and now has the files grown by 100 x bigger
    2005 = 4.500Mb - 2014 = 400.000MB

    Ben takes care of sending out Antivirus files, so I think he knows this.

    :)

    Take care,
    Janis

    --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Dada-1
    * Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38)
  • From Gert Andersen@2:230/150 to Janis Kracht on Tue Oct 28 16:04:28 2014
    * Reply to message originally in area CarbonArea

    Hello Janis!

    Tue Oct 28 2014, Janis Kracht wrote to Gert Andersen:

    I wrote to 4-5 AntiVirus Companies here by the weekeend (Norton
    Symantec, McAffee, ROSE AVG, HBED, etc.) on about DAT and Def + updater
    files, and I jus yesterday got respond back from them all where they told
    me that they fine could send me the files but it was not a good idea to
    hatch the files out for networks use as there have been a very big
    explose in computer Virus and DAT files.
    The only they AV companies mean there could be good is their free AddOns
    and Utilities + extra small programs.

    For example for DAT and Updating Def files fron Norton and Mcaff:
    DAT for 5-6 years ago was at 4-5Mb and now has the files grown by 100 x
    bigger 2005 = 4.500Mb - 2014 = 400.000MB

    Ben takes care of sending out Antivirus files, so I think he knows
    this.

    :)

    Yes that should he know then for the FDN AV, and it is too normally Norton and Mcafee the make daily DAT Def files where the other companies do it weekly.

    Take care,
    Gert

    - Get the best with linux -

    --- Msged/LNX 6.2.0 (Linux/2.6.39-gentoo-r1 (x86_64))
    * Origin: * The KofoBBS at http://www.kofobbs.dk * (2:230/150)