IT Phone Scammer rings an IT department by accident!

spannerzone

yes, most amusing and no fears about visiting this site.....

ChiefGrasscutter

Loopz wrote: »

good, then go troll someone else.

I can't believe we try, do something worthwhile for the public and we get so called experts still using the "mcdonalds" of anti-viruses trying to squash our good cause. please widen your experience and stop being linear. If you really think that Symantec/Norton is the best advice for you then quit IT and stop kidding the world you are a techie. Rant over

Av comparatives report
http://www.av-comparatives.org/en/comparativesreviews/dynamic-tests
Whole product dynamic test Aug 2011 to Nov 2011
PDF file in English
Page 13
Best tested were : Norton/Symantec, Bitdefender, Kaspersky, Qihoo, F-secure, G-Data

I do not work in IT and do not claim to be an expert in IT nor do I regard myself as a techie.
For your information I am a profesional Engineer working in the high voltage/current side of the power generation field.

poppellerant

My antivurs software (ESET Smart Security v5.0.95.0) does not flag the website as hosting any viruses.

However, if you wish to view the video, you can watch the video below or click this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEPHHGpB53g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEPHHGpB53g

Loopz

ChiefGrasscutter wrote: »

Av comparatives report
http://www.av-comparatives.org/en/comparativesreviews/dynamic-tests
Whole product dynamic test Aug 2011 to Nov 2011
PDF file in English
Page 13
Best tested were : Norton/Symantec, Bitdefender, Kaspersky, Qihoo, F-secure, G-Data

I do not work in IT and do not claim to be an expert in IT nor do I regard myself as a techie.
For your information I am a profesional Engineer working in the high voltage/current side of the power generation field.

*sigh* Thanks for a website survey from 2011. I'm sorry but i stand by my experience working in IT for 24 years. Norton/Symantec are the mcdonalds of anti-virus. They have the market, it comes free with your laptop and it bloaty, full of false/positives and as proven from this thread, always misreporting.

but i appreciate your input and your clarification of your skillset

Loopz

LouLou wrote: »

I've never liked Norton and it's never been very well-regarded. I know a lot of Anti-Viruses do false positives with (cough) keygen .exe files, but a website?!

Suppose the pros and cons of different Anti Viruses are for another thread..

Yeah agreed LouLou. Personally i would recommend Security Essentials and Avast. Both free, both non-bloatware and both working fine on all the systems i use or build

The user can be blinded by an over the top scanning system. Also, most corporate companies end up having some not so smart anti-virus because of corporate deals. Again this if from experience. The thumb of rule for me is, if they work as they should without slowing your system down, then they deserve praise.

cit_k

Why are you spamming your site, dont you know your not meant to spam on here?

debitcardmayhem

Loopz wrote: »

*sigh* Thanks for a website survey from 2011. I'm sorry but i stand by my experience working in IT for 24 years. Norton/Symantec are the mcdonalds of anti-virus. They have the market, it comes free with your laptop and it bloaty, full of false/positives and as proven from this thread, always misreporting.

but i appreciate your input and your clarification of your skillset

Have you ever had a virus in your 24 years of IT ?

Loopz

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Have you ever had a virus in your 24 years of IT ?

I personally havent but i've dealt with 100s who have. BUT that's not a reflection on the anti-virus, i believe it's more to do with how i operate.

debitcardmayhem

Loopz wrote: »

*sigh* Thanks for a website survey from 2011. I'm sorry but i stand by my experience working in IT for 24 years. Norton/Symantec are the mcdonalds of anti-virus. They have the market, it comes free with your laptop and it bloaty, full of false/positives and as proven from this thread, always misreporting.

but i appreciate your input and your clarification of your skillset

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Have you ever had a virus in your 24 years of IT ?

Loopz wrote: »

I personally havent but i've dealt with 100s who have. BUT that's not a reflection on the anti-virus, i believe it's more to do with how i operate.

Then your 24 years in IT have been wasted, and your opinion of Norton/Symantec is about as much use as your choice of Macdonalds, you obviously prefer KFC. If your knowledge of the IT industry is so vast then why have you not sought out viruses to check the effectiveness of Anti Virus solutions which you decry? Let me guess a reformed DBA :rotfl::rotfl:

Loopz

cit_k wrote: »

Why are you spamming your site, dont you know your not meant to spam on here?

It's a good cause and education.

I know what i would class as spam and i'm far from producing spam on here. I can see 2 threads with my website mentioned in it and both point to where the information about the scam with the video attached. so what's the problem?