Windows XP SP2 raising afalse security alarm

[p.jayant]

The Anti-virus program widely used in India is QuickHeal which has been
giving good service to users. QuickHeal on the user's system is updated
online every time a registered user is connected to the Internet, the
necessary updates for any new viruses or other malware which come under
their vigilance watch are added and an online scanning service is provided,
if desired. Besides, users like me automatically update all the security
updates signalled by Microsoft, as and when their availability messages pop
up on my system.
In view of this, the false alarm signals popped up by Windows XP are totally
unwarranted. Unfortunately, Microsoft appears to recognize only their own
compatriot Anti-Virus programs and gives false alarms to users of QuickHeal
saying "your computer may be under threat from viruses and opens up the
Security Center and asks the user to connect to Microsoft's base.
It would be less insulting to users of Microsoft's Operating Systems, if
Microsoft asks the users which Anti-Virus software they are using when the
Operating System is installed and work with the supplier to make sure that
the Anti-Virus software takes care of all Microsoft concerns. With that
simple step, we would not face the insulting messages popped up by Windows
XP on our computers.

P. Jayant

 

[Volodymyr Shcherbyna]

Is this a question? BTW, despite of having an anvirus software I recommend
to have also a tool like this: https://psi.secunia.com/

You can read about it here:
http://www.computerworld.com/action...eBasic&articleId=9054502&source=NLT_PM&nlid=8

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"p.jayant" <p_jayant@dataone.in> wrote in message
news:OKszfLtTIHA.4696@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> The Anti-virus program widely used in India is QuickHeal which has been
> giving good service to users. QuickHeal on the user's system is updated
> online every time a registered user is connected to the Internet, the
> necessary updates for any new viruses or other malware which come under
> their vigilance watch are added and an online scanning service is
> provided, if desired. Besides, users like me automatically update all the
> security updates signalled by Microsoft, as and when their availability
> messages pop up on my system.
> In view of this, the false alarm signals popped up by Windows XP are
> totally unwarranted. Unfortunately, Microsoft appears to recognize only
> their own compatriot Anti-Virus programs and gives false alarms to users
> of QuickHeal saying "your computer may be under threat from viruses and
> opens up the Security Center and asks the user to connect to Microsoft's
> base.
> It would be less insulting to users of Microsoft's Operating Systems, if
> Microsoft asks the users which Anti-Virus software they are using when the
> Operating System is installed and work with the supplier to make sure that
> the Anti-Virus software takes care of all Microsoft concerns. With that
> simple step, we would not face the insulting messages popped up by Windows
> XP on our computers.
>
> P. Jayant
>

 

[Malke]

p.jayant wrote:
> The Anti-virus program widely used in India is QuickHeal which has been
> giving good service to users. QuickHeal on the user's system is updated
> online every time a registered user is connected to the Internet, the
> necessary updates for any new viruses or other malware which come under
> their vigilance watch are added and an online scanning service is provided,
> if desired. Besides, users like me automatically update all the security
> updates signalled by Microsoft, as and when their availability messages pop
> up on my system.
> In view of this, the false alarm signals popped up by Windows XP are totally
> unwarranted. Unfortunately, Microsoft appears to recognize only their own
> compatriot Anti-Virus programs and gives false alarms to users of QuickHeal
> saying "your computer may be under threat from viruses and opens up the
> Security Center and asks the user to connect to Microsoft's base.
> It would be less insulting to users of Microsoft's Operating Systems, if
> Microsoft asks the users which Anti-Virus software they are using when the
> Operating System is installed and work with the supplier to make sure that
> the Anti-Virus software takes care of all Microsoft concerns. With that
> simple step, we would not face the insulting messages popped up by Windows
> XP on our computers.

If you're asking a question, I can't find it. If you're complaining,
you're wrong. Windows XP recognizes quite a lot of antivirus programs
that are not from the US. In fact, most antivirus companies are *not* in
the US.

NOD32 - Eset headquarters are in the Slovak Republic.
Kaspersky - Russian
Panda - Panda has headquarters in Madrid, Spain
F-Prot - Iceland
F-Secure - Helsinki, Finland
Alwil (Avast) - Czech Republic
Trend Micro - Tokyo, Japan

And so on. Next time do your research before you post. If QuickHeal has
a problem with XP, its company should contact Microsoft directly.


Malke
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