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Norman No Longer Supports OS/2

Started by BigWarpGuy, 2007.09.02, 03:59:21

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chennecke

Quote from: kimhav on 2007.09.08, 15:38:19
Quote from: Christian Hennecke on 2007.09.08, 15:12:33
With regard to ClamAV, you may want to note that IIRC a recent test in the German c't magazine didn't turn out too well for it. Looks like its search engine isn't too hot.

Do you have a link to the mentioned article or test; if available?

Sorry, no online version. But here are the results for ClamAV's detection qualities (percentages of the best contestant in brackets):

ITW list: 93,5 % (100 %)
Backdoors, bots, trojans: 48,5 % (99,9%)
Ad- and spyware: 6,5% (99,3%)
Heuristics of 1 and 2 months old: 11,5 %, 8,5 % (61 %, 54 %)
Signatures, virus modifications: 58,5 % (95,1 %)

Certainly better than nothing but also a potential risk for false security. The real problem is that there won't be any alternative once Norman withdraws support. At least I don't know of any. Panda, Sophos, etc. have all withdrawn their OS/2 versions.

onlineuser2

The real problem is that there won't be any alternative once Norman withdraws support. At least I don't know of any. Panda, Sophos, etc. have all withdrawn their OS/2 versions.

It seems that dr web av os/2 version is still working update to its standard (unfortunatley only by command line), as you can see in the download page: http://download.drweb.com/.

That's does not change the need for claim av os/2 pm gui.

Or does it add the need for a os/2 gui for dr web av, too?

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onlineuser2

Terry

Would a linux anti-virus application work for eCS-OS-2, if eCS-OS/2 is a virtualization guest operating system, under a linux virtualization host operating system? ...or a host WinXP system?

If so, it would not be an "eCS-OS/2 perfect" option, but an option none the less.  Otherwise, it appears that Clam AV is probably our best bet for a "ported-native" anti-virus.

Saijin_Naib

Why do all these companies withdraw OS/2 support?

BigWarpGuy

Quote from: Saijin_Naib on 2007.09.16, 08:21:12
Why do all these companies withdraw OS/2 support?

They probably go by the number of users of an operating system when compared to the cost of development for that operating system. It would be nice if the number of eCS users increased so that companies would reconsider support it.