On Sun, 22 May 2022 17:03:15 +0100, David Brooks <DGB@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
JD has obviously kept a record of which user's of EtreCheck use which,
if any, AV software.
How best do YOU think he could be persuaded to tell US how few people,
in his experience, use ClamXav?
Buy the company. As its owner, you'd have access to the books. As things stands now, you're just being a busy body. You have absolutely no right
to the information that you're asking for.
On 23/05/2022 02:51, Kelly Phillips wrote:
On Sun, 22 May 2022 17:03:15 +0100, David Brooks <DGB@nomail.afraid.org>
wrote:
JD has obviously kept a record of which user's of EtreCheck use which,
if any, AV software.
How best do YOU think he could be persuaded to tell US how few people,
in his experience, use ClamXav?
Buy the company. As its owner, you'd have access to the books. As things
stands now, you're just being a busy body. You have absolutely no right
to the information that you're asking for.
As far as I am aware, the company is not for sale. Nor does it have public shareholders.
Whilst I may not have a 'right' I don't see why such knowledge should be hidden. Folk may read for themselves the proportion of protection provided by other companies, here:- https://i.imgur.com/l15XTH8.png
I am surprised that 'CleanMyMac' and 'Malwarebytes' have 12.9% and 11.8% of the total, whilst specialist companies like 'Sophos', 'Bit Defender' and 'Avast' have MUCH smaller proportions.
I was also rather taken aback by the fact that almost 20% of users had more than one AV software installed on their computer. That's been a 'no-no' since my very early days of computing!
"David Brooks" wrote:
On 23/05/2022 11:03, Apd wrote:
"David Brooks" wrote:
You may like to review the additional posts I have made in the forum:-
Attachments aren't visible to those not logged in.
It's a good Forum. May I ask why you are reluctant to register and 'log
in'?
I've said before, I don't do forums. I'm not a MacOS user so am even
less likely to do Mac forums.
Are YOU aware of any 'cleaning' product made by Mark Allan?
No, and his problem is not to do with that software. He should have
returned the machine immediately as it was obviously not brand new.
He should not have bantered around with Apple support trying to fix
things. What's wrong with him - why has he not taken Singer's advice
(who had a plan 'B') and returned to the thread to report progress
and seek further help?
I'm afraid I cannot answer your questions.
They were kinda rhetorical.
It was quite by chance that I saw that particular thread.
And saw an opportunity to have a pop at MA's software, I know.
David Brooks laid this down on his screen :
On 23/05/2022 02:51, Kelly Phillips wrote:
On Sun, 22 May 2022 17:03:15 +0100, David Brooks <DGB@nomail.afraid.org> >>> wrote:
JD has obviously kept a record of which user's of EtreCheck use which, >>>> if any, AV software.
How best do YOU think he could be persuaded to tell US how few people, >>>> in his experience, use ClamXav?
Buy the company. As its owner, you'd have access to the books. As things >>> stands now, you're just being a busy body. You have absolutely no right
to the information that you're asking for.
As far as I am aware, the company is not for sale. Nor does it have
public shareholders.
Whilst I may not have a 'right' I don't see why such knowledge should be
hidden. Folk may read for themselves the proportion of protection
provided by other companies, here:- https://i.imgur.com/l15XTH8.png
I am surprised that 'CleanMyMac' and 'Malwarebytes' have 12.9% and
11.8% of the total, whilst specialist companies like 'Sophos', 'Bit
Defender' and 'Avast' have MUCH smaller proportions.
I was also rather taken aback by the fact that almost 20% of users had
more than one AV software installed on their computer. That's been a
'no-no' since my very early days of computing!
Use of the term AV for marketing purposes has muddied the waters. What
was a 'no-no' was having two resident scanning types of AV or AM because
they can create a conflict. Most now use encryption to prevent each
others' data from triggering an alert from the other but too many
running scanners can still create a conflict problem.
On 23/05/2022 02:51, Kelly Phillips wrote:
On Sun, 22 May 2022 17:03:15 +0100, David Brooks <DGB@nomail.afraid.org>
wrote:
JD has obviously kept a record of which user's of EtreCheck use which,
if any, AV software.
How best do YOU think he could be persuaded to tell US how few people,
in his experience, use ClamXav?
Buy the company. As its owner, you'd have access to the books. As things
stands now, you're just being a busy body. You have absolutely no right
to the information that you're asking for.
As far as I am aware, the company is not for sale. Nor does it have
public shareholders.
Whilst I may not have a 'right'
I don't see why such knowledge should be hidden.
I was also rather taken aback by the fact that almost 20% of users had
more than one AV software installed on their computer. That's been a
'no-no' since my very early days of computing!
What are YOUR views?
On 23/05/2022 13:40, FromTheRafters wrote:
David Brooks laid this down on his screen :
On 23/05/2022 02:51, Kelly Phillips wrote:
On Sun, 22 May 2022 17:03:15 +0100, David Brooks <DGB@nomail.afraid.org> >>>> wrote:
JD has obviously kept a record of which user's of EtreCheck use which, >>>>> if any, AV software.
How best do YOU think he could be persuaded to tell US how few people, >>>>> in his experience, use ClamXav?
Buy the company. As its owner, you'd have access to the books. As things >>>> stands now, you're just being a busy body. You have absolutely no right >>>> to the information that you're asking for.
As far as I am aware, the company is not for sale. Nor does it have public >>> shareholders.
Whilst I may not have a 'right' I don't see why such knowledge should be >>> hidden. Folk may read for themselves the proportion of protection provided >>> by other companies, here:- https://i.imgur.com/l15XTH8.png
I am surprised that 'CleanMyMac' and 'Malwarebytes' have 12.9% and 11.8% >>> of the total, whilst specialist companies like 'Sophos', 'Bit Defender'
and 'Avast' have MUCH smaller proportions.
I was also rather taken aback by the fact that almost 20% of users had
more than one AV software installed on their computer. That's been a
'no-no' since my very early days of computing!
Use of the term AV for marketing purposes has muddied the waters. What was >> a 'no-no' was having two resident scanning types of AV or AM because they
can create a conflict. Most now use encryption to prevent each others' data >> from triggering an alert from the other but too many running scanners can
still create a conflict problem.
Thank you for clarifying, FTR.
Have you decided whether or not to install AV on your new MacBook Pro?
David Brooks presented the following explanation :
On 23/05/2022 13:40, FromTheRafters wrote:
David Brooks laid this down on his screen :
On 23/05/2022 02:51, Kelly Phillips wrote:
On Sun, 22 May 2022 17:03:15 +0100, David Brooks
<DGB@nomail.afraid.org>
wrote:
JD has obviously kept a record of which user's of EtreCheck use
which,
if any, AV software.
How best do YOU think he could be persuaded to tell US how few
people,
in his experience, use ClamXav?
Buy the company. As its owner, you'd have access to the books. As
things
stands now, you're just being a busy body. You have absolutely no
right
to the information that you're asking for.
As far as I am aware, the company is not for sale. Nor does it have
public shareholders.
Whilst I may not have a 'right' I don't see why such knowledge
should be
hidden. Folk may read for themselves the proportion of protection
provided by other companies, here:- https://i.imgur.com/l15XTH8.png
I am surprised that 'CleanMyMac' and 'Malwarebytes' have 12.9% and
11.8% of the total, whilst specialist companies like 'Sophos', 'Bit
Defender' and 'Avast' have MUCH smaller proportions.
I was also rather taken aback by the fact that almost 20% of users
had more than one AV software installed on their computer. That's
been a 'no-no' since my very early days of computing!
Use of the term AV for marketing purposes has muddied the waters.
What was a 'no-no' was having two resident scanning types of AV or AM
because they can create a conflict. Most now use encryption to
prevent each others' data from triggering an alert from the other but
too many running scanners can still create a conflict problem.
Thank you for clarifying, FTR.
Have you decided whether or not to install AV on your new MacBook Pro?
I don't intend to install anything on it.
I was going to install
something for my 'telehealth' option but haven't really decided yet.
I live only ten minutes from the hospital.
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