Is CA EZ Antivirus any good?

Bob wrote:
> On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 14:55:13 -0400, What's in a Name?
> <spamthis DeleteThis @nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>
>
>>I have a computer that didn't seem to like 98se,ME ran much better on it.
>>(I had shutdown issues with 98se)
>>But 2000 runs better than those(that's what I am running now).
>
>
> When people find out that WinME is just rebranded Mac OS, they will
> sing a different tune.
>
>
Are you insane?
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Sam said ...
> I have been using AVG but have been looknig for something less obtrusive
> and maybe better. I don't like Avast. I notice that CA EZ Antivirus is
> free for a year at the moment. Is it any good? How does it compare
> with AVG and NAV, for example?
>
many thanks to those of you who stayed on topic and responded to my
query Sounds like, if free (which it is for a year), it's
worth going for. Actually I installed it yesterday and seems very
quiet, efficient and unobtrusive so far. Have tested EZ out with
eicar.com and it also found a virus in an email which AVG had missed.
--
Sam
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"Sam" <sam.sam.RemoveThis@samsam.com> wrote in message
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> Sam said ...
> > I have been using AVG but have been looknig for something less obtrusive
> > and maybe better. I don't like Avast. I notice that CA EZ Antivirus is
> > free for a year at the moment. Is it any good? How does it compare
> > with AVG and NAV, for example?
> >
> many thanks to those of you who stayed on topic and responded to my
> query Sounds like, if free (which it is for a year), it's
> worth going for. Actually I installed it yesterday and seems very
> quiet, efficient and unobtrusive so far. Have tested EZ out with
> eicar.com and it also found a virus in an email which AVG had missed.

Good to hear. I have used it for some 4 or 5 years....and you can now see
why.

Heather
> --
> Sam
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"optikl" <optikl.RemoveThis@com_invalid_cast.net> wrote in message
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> Bob wrote:
> > On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 14:55:13 -0400, What's in a Name?
> > <spamthis.RemoveThis@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I have a computer that didn't seem to like 98se,ME ran much better on
it.
> >>(I had shutdown issues with 98se)
> >>But 2000 runs better than those(that's what I am running now).
> >
> >
> > When people find out that WinME is just rebranded Mac OS, they will
> > sing a different tune.
> >
> >
> Are you insane?

That might explain most of his remarks!! (G)

HF
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"Bob" <spam RemoveThis @spamcop.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 1 Jun 2005 15:56:39 +0000 (UTC), Sam <sam.sam RemoveThis @samsam.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Have tested EZ out with
> >eicar.com and it also found a virus in an email which AVG had missed.
>
> Did you perform all the tests?
>
> I did all of them and eTrust missed some on download. Here are the
> results I got.
>
> * eicar.com - detected before downloading.
>
> * eicar.com.text - not detected but loaded into browser.
>
> * eicar.com.zip - not detected but downloaded. Detected when manually
> scanned unzipped.
>
> * eicarcom2.zip - not detected but downloaded. Detected when manually
> scanned unzipped.
>
> That's not so good, is it.

Actually that "is" good. Other results could be termed false positives
for EICAR. )
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Bob said ...
> On Wed, 1 Jun 2005 15:56:39 +0000 (UTC), Sam <sam.sam DeleteThis @samsam.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Have tested EZ out with
> >eicar.com and it also found a virus in an email which AVG had missed.
>
> Did you perform all the tests?
>
> I did all of them and eTrust missed some on download. Here are the
> results I got.
>
> * eicar.com - detected before downloading.
>
> * eicar.com.text - not detected but loaded into browser.
>
> * eicar.com.zip - not detected but downloaded. Detected when manually
> scanned unzipped.
>
> * eicarcom2.zip - not detected but downloaded. Detected when manually
> scanned unzipped.
>
> That's not so good, is it.
>
>
>
didn't test all, no. I did download eircom2.zip and that was not
detected on download. It was however detected when manually scanned as
is, and was detected when received in an email. This isn't a good
advert for EZ bit it's no worse than AVG, which is what I'm replacing!
--
Sam
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Bob wrote:

>
>
> I am disappointed in CA AV for not at least trying to imitate McAfee,
> which allows the user to select which kinds of files to scan
> automatically.
>
> With a 2.4 GHz machine and ATA133 drives, I can afford a little
> "overhead" in scanning *everything* (except the pagefile).
>
> Maybe eTrust users need to bring this glaring defect to the attention
> of CA.
>
>

It's possible to configure an exclusions list with both the real-time
and on-demand scanners. It may take a bit more effort to exclude what
not to scan than to include what to scan, but it is an option if you
need or want selective scanning.
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Bob wrote:
> On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 07:53:21 -0700, DaVinci <D DeleteThis @nospam.net> wrote:
>
>
>>It's possible to configure an exclusions list with both the real-time
>>and on-demand scanners. It may take a bit more effort to exclude what
>>not to scan than to include what to scan, but it is an option if you
>>need or want selective scanning.
>
>
> Yes, I saw that and set it to exclude "pagefile.sys", although I do
> not know if it would scan that if I did not exclude it.
>
> But I want to make it scan *everything* except excluded files, which
> includes non-executables which includes ZIP and other archive files. I
> want that rule to be applied to real time and manual scans.
>
> How do I do that?
>

It's necessary to create separate exclusion rules for the real-time and
on-demand scanners. Go into Scan Settings and under Exclusions, click
Modify for each scanner. Click Add, and if for example you want to
exclude all zip files, add the entry *.zip. Do the same for cab files
with *.cab, etc. As you've already seen with adding pagefile.sys to the
excludes list, you can also browse and add specific files, folders, or
partitions.
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Bob wrote:
> On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 10:33:49 -0700, DaVinci <D DeleteThis @nospam.net> wrote:
>
>
>>It's necessary to create separate exclusion rules for the real-time and
>>on-demand scanners. Go into Scan Settings and under Exclusions, click
>>Modify for each scanner. Click Add, and if for example you want to
>>exclude all zip files, add the entry *.zip. Do the same for cab files
>>with *.cab, etc. As you've already seen with adding pagefile.sys to the
>>excludes list, you can also browse and add specific files, folders, or
>>partitions.
>
>
> I did that.
>
> Now how do I make CA AV scan *everything* but exclusions?
>
> As it is now, it won't scan ZIP files automatically.
>
>

AFAICT, the on-demand scanner scans everything, including zip files, and
excludes only what's in the excludes list. It appears that the
real-time scanner scans zip files when you attempt to extract the
contents. I downloaded the eicar zip files, which it allowed, but then
it flagged the contents (eicar.com) when I attempted to extract it. Why
do you think it doesn't scan zip files?
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Bob wrote:

>
> Maybe eTrust users need to bring this glaring defect to the attention
> of CA.
>
>

How is it a defect if the scanner is designed to function this way?
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On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 11:42:04 -0700, DaVinci <D.DeleteThis@nospam.net> wrote:

>AFAICT, the on-demand scanner scans everything, including zip files, and
>excludes only what's in the excludes list. It appears that the
>real-time scanner scans zip files when you attempt to extract the
>contents. I downloaded the eicar zip files, which it allowed, but then
>it flagged the contents (eicar.com) when I attempted to extract it. Why
>do you think it doesn't scan zip files?

I was expecting it to scan the zip file just like the executable,
namely, before I downloaded it. It is good to know that it will catch
it when I extract.

I like eTrust and I hope it works out. Thanks for your support.
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Bob wrote:

>
> I was expecting it to scan the zip file just like the executable,
> namely, before I downloaded it. It is good to know that it will catch
> it when I extract.
>
> I like eTrust and I hope it works out. Thanks for your support.
>

Okay, I see now. Keep in mind that you always have the option to scan
the zip file before you extract the contents using the on-demand
scanner. For example, using the on-demand scanner, eTrust identifies
that the double zipped eicar is infected.

I'm glad to hear the information was helpful. Good luck.
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On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 13:28:05 -0500, lee <lth.TakeThisOut@invalid.net> wrote:

>> Maybe eTrust users need to bring this glaring defect to the attention
>> of CA.

>How is it a defect if the scanner is designed to function this way?

I expect it to catch the virus even if it is zipped up. However, it
looks like I will have to settle with catch the virus when I unzip.

Most people have their browser set to automatically perform the unzip
on download, but I don't for safety reasons. I make Mozilla ask
permission to save to disk and not open anything.
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