August 3rd, 2006
McAfee users must patch their software
By William, Contributing writer,
RealTechNews
McAfee users must apply an official update to avoid passwords and other sensitive data from being exploited by hackers.
Marc Maiffret, chief hacking officer at eEye Digital Security Inc., has found a way to access PCs running the flawed McAfee software over the Internet and make them run his code.
If exploited, this flaw can allow hackers to track bank account numbers, and access, change and delete sensitive files and do other damage to those PCs.
Some experts recommend running two or more security software at the same time. Any reason why you wouldn’t do it?
David Johnston says:
…as long as you don’t run Norton and Mcafee at the same time. That causes some *major* problems. My school gives out Mcaffee for free to students and includes it in the software bundle for the school. Most student’s computers come pre-loaded with Norton. When you mix the two together, you end up with an unbearably slow system that blue screen’s at the drop of a hat…much like having a virus/spyware-infested system actually.
August 3rd, 2006 at 3:15 am
Kevin K. says:
I have always been under the impression that running multiple AV software at the same time was not a good thing as they tend to “step on each other” or some such thing. Has that been just marketing speak so that I only bought one from one vendor?
Only other issue I see is when using options like “on access scan” from multiple AV programs, the time taken to open programs, documents, pictures, etc. will increase because it’s being scanned twice or more. A faster computer will help, and the ends likely justify the means, but I don’t want to tack on too much time to my computing session - especially when running programs with lots of plugins and tools that start and stop constantly. On access scans might make multiple AV tools a grim prospect.
August 4th, 2006 at 6:36 am