 OlegBellsouth FastaccessPremium
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Birmingham, AL | Anti-Virus updates I have notesed many Anti-Virus programs do not update on the weekends are those companies taking a break? |
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| said by Oleg:I have notesed many Anti-Virus programs do not update on the weekends are those companies taking a break? Yes. It's part of the agreement between A/V companies and malware writers. Kind of like 'happy hour'. |
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OlegBellsouth FastaccessPremium
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1 edit | said by AB:said by Oleg:I have notesed many Anti-Virus programs do not update on the weekends are those companies taking a break? Yes. It's part of the agreement between A/V companies and malware writers. Kind of like 'happy hour'. LOL malware makers do not care about the law. |
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| said by Oleg:. . malware makers do not care about the law. What law? The law of 'no weekend updates'? |
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OlegBellsouth FastaccessPremium
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2 edits | said by AB:said by Oleg:. . malware makers do not care about the law. What law? The law of 'no weekend updates'? No the law or agreement of not making malware on weekends.I wish terrorists would take weekends off  |
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 CudniLa Merma - VigiladoPremium,MVM
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kudos:13 | said by Oleg:[I wish terrorists would take weekends off i wish they just take off themselves
Cudni
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 DownTheShoreTag, you're itPremium
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kudos:11 | reply to Oleg
Malware writers are on the summer schedule, now that Daylight Savings Time has started - no malware writing over the weekends. 
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OlegBellsouth FastaccessPremium
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Birmingham, AL | reply to Cudni
said by Cudni:said by Oleg:[I wish terrorists would take weekends off i wish they just take off themselves Cudni They do and take others with them  |
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said by Oleg:said by AB:said by Oleg:. . malware makers do not care about the law. What law? The law of 'no weekend updates'? No the law or agreement of not making malware on weekends. You've got that backwards.
The law states that A/V companies cannot update on weekends, thereby giving malware writers a fair chance, whilst also propagating, promoting, and proliferating the symbiotic relationship between the two factions.
I think it may be against the law to speak of this, however. |
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 jadinolfI love you FredPremium
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Avast updates on weekends. Don't know about the others.
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| symantec only does virus updates on wednesdays, or at least they used too |
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said by jadinolf:Avast updates on weekend. Don't know about the others. Some companies simply have no respect for the law.  |
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 La LunaSurvived AshrafulPremium
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They all go fishing on summer weekends. |
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OlegBellsouth FastaccessPremium
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Birmingham, AL | reply to bcruze
said by bcruze:symantec only does virus updates on wednesdays, or at least they used too Norton has tons of work to do before you can call it Good Anti-Virus. |
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said by La Luna:They all go fishing on summer weekends. Not in the Czech Republic.
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 ExidorPremium
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said by La Luna:They all go fishing on summer weekends. More likely phishing?  |
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They're always working, but I think they don't QA the defs until the weekday, or if there's a breakout of some nasty virus.
At Symantec they work until 5pm, then work a half hour with the team in Japan (I think), then they take over there to work their shift, then do the same for the next location, etc.
With the latest Norton, they send out multiple daily updates now. With AVG, there are weekend updates. |
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ABPremium
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kudos:3 | said by pepperxn:. . With AVG, there are weekend updates. SNL has those, too. |
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said by Oleg:I have notesed many Anti-Virus programs do not update on the weekends are those companies taking a break?
Perhaps you are using the wrong A/V program?
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OlegBellsouth FastaccessPremium
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Birmingham, AL | said by NetFixer:said by Oleg:I have notesed many Anti-Virus programs do not update on the weekends are those companies taking a break? Perhaps you are using the wrong A/V program? [att=1] No my AV is NOD32,but they are outside of US maybe this is why. |
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