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At least one problem with antivirus is that it's based on knowing all of the mosquitos instead of using mosquito netting. Lost cause.

Alternately, it's possible to simply identify the files that belong and make sure that nothing changes. Any new executables, any changes to files in protected directories, or any changes to protected files (identifiable by a short list of rules) and you have an alarm.

The whole process runs at a low priority and can be scheduled when disk activity is low. Besides, it's free.
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Hide and Seek  Arnout Groen | 09/25/06
AV won't find those things either  georgeou | 09/25/06
Manual scans and rootkits  craptacular@... | 10/02/06
Tripwire  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/25/06
The problem with IDS  nucrash | 09/25/06
Normative  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/25/06
Problems with Tripwire  nucrash | 09/25/06
yes, good point  georgeou | 09/25/06
For once George.. I agree 100%. (NT)  ju1ce | 09/25/06
Just foolhardy  Roger Ramjet | 09/25/06
My wife is a malware magnet.  dave.leigh@... | 09/25/06
2nd (nt)  zedman2006 | 09/25/06
Re: Just foolhardy  srdiamond | 09/26/06
Here's a thought.  papatator | 09/26/06
Hey Roger You know what I tell my family and friends...  Xwindowsjunkie | 09/26/06
Er...a whole whack of apps!  ccrashh2@... | 09/29/06
Good use for Dual Core / DP machine  JackPastor | 09/25/06
That doesn't help with boot time or I/O  georgeou | 09/25/06
Where did CA's ETrust Rank?  nucrash | 09/25/06
Wrong: With EZ Antivirus 2005 running, our test system scored a remarkable  jacec | 09/25/06
Also, Windows Defender's impact is imperceptible also  jacec | 09/25/06
If you don't have AV software its your choice  rupaa62 | 09/25/06
The first issue is...  ju1ce | 09/25/06
Not JUST Firefox  dave.leigh@... | 09/25/06
2nd that  spdrcrtob | 09/26/06
That 3-5 seconds adds up  voska | 09/25/06
It was 2000% overhead in storage I/O  georgeou | 09/25/06
Lock down PC  espage1 | 11/15/06
Inaccurate Results by not accounting for Prefetching  Master Tech | 09/25/06
More Proof. 70 second boot time = BS  Master Tech | 09/25/06
Good to see some agreement  dtfinch | 09/25/06
I've never ran with AV software  voska | 09/25/06
I actually did run a virus once  dtfinch | 09/25/06
Yes, I completely agree  georgeou | 09/25/06
You mean use Opera...  Master Tech | 09/25/06
Does Opera have Adblock?  Roger Ramjet | 09/25/06
It is Built in  Master Tech | 09/26/06
Talk about selective statistics usage  Furiousrog | 09/25/06
Firefox Does Have unpatched Vulnerabilities  Master Tech | 09/26/06
Problem with Opera...  ju1ce | 09/26/06
All browsers have this problem but IE  Master Tech | 09/27/06
Never said Firefox was perfect...  ju1ce | 09/27/06
Poor Advice  dragosani | 09/25/06
It does if its...  ju1ce | 09/25/06
I have been shocked for a long time  zmud | 09/25/06
Security suites  big red one | 09/26/06
Did you check all of the advice?  georgeou | 09/25/06
I would agree...  ju1ce | 09/26/06
"Limited" = "Standard"  Nunya Bidnez | 11/16/06
Get Real  dragosani | 09/26/06
Smart users  xstep | 09/25/06
Everyone has an opinion  SteveMak | 09/25/06
Amen brother  cediger@... | 09/25/06
Since everyone is missing the obvious  slim-01 | 09/25/06
lol  toadlife | 09/25/06
No AntiVirus here either - other causes of PC slowness - UPDATES  theteamtec | 09/25/06
symantec is Norton  cediger@... | 09/25/06
Norton Corporate Norton Retail  bughunter999 | 11/15/06
That depends  Yamust B. Kiddingme | 09/25/06
The worst I've seen  dave.leigh@... | 09/25/06
if your luck holds  nmharleyrider@... | 09/25/06
Luck has nothing to do with it  georgeou | 09/26/06
yeah,  rwahrens1952 | 09/26/06
How do you think you get a virus?  ccrashh2@... | 09/29/06
i think its the anti virus companys  881 | 01/23/07
Guess the kids do not mind losing their stuff  bughunter999 | 11/15/06
got any stats on clam AV happy  Hrothgar - PCLinuxOS User | 09/25/06
Avast Antivirus - much less slow down  hoozafrizitz | 09/25/06
Avast all the way...  ju1ce | 09/26/06
Avast all the way also  ray@... | 09/26/06
I just got three e-mails today...  D-cat | 10/02/06
As if this were news.....  marlinj@... | 09/25/06
AV has a time and a place  Dr_Zinj | 09/26/06
OH MY GOD!!!  cprompt@... | 09/26/06
Well let's see....  ju1ce | 09/26/06
AV - software or hardware solution  kissimeePC | 09/26/06
No Proof Needed Here -  dave95. | 09/26/06
For those who are in disbelief...  Mark Miller | 09/27/06
anti-virus slowing your computer?  woodzybooger | 09/28/06
Irresponsible  Larkie | 09/28/06
...who uses the internet...  ccrashh2@... | 09/29/06
Anti virus slow down  wcosales@... | 09/28/06
Results are completely meaningless  BobTurbo | 09/28/06
And also  BobTurbo | 09/28/06
I agree  hawkeyeaz1 | 09/29/06
eTrust Rank  fsepanek@... | 09/30/06
No brainer  pretentiousness | 09/30/06
Are you telling me???  Jeff Hayes | 10/16/06
Yes!  davejyd@... | 11/20/06
My Experience  JS Le Sueur | 10/23/06
forgot to mention  asd;flkjas;dlfkja;sdlkf | 10/30/06
Solutions  gdstark13 | 11/15/06
AVG is bog-free  retro-yoshi | 11/15/06
slowdown?  jemd@... | 11/15/06
George Ou is misleading  mhunter392 | 11/15/06
misleading is being very kind  howiem | 11/15/06
no AV for me  nhac | 11/15/06
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This prooves what I have always been saying -  davejyd@... | 11/20/06
anti viruses  881 | 01/23/07
wy does norto slow down my system  881 | 01/23/07
wel duh  suntin | 02/04/07

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