comp/net virus protection

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Originally Posted by Nirvana

I have AVG, SuperAnti Spyware, Spybot, Malwarebytes, Crap Cleaner and they work very well with each other and together they catch everything and they are free!

Where is a single example of mal-ware being caught? Just because a virus was not detected does not mean anti-virus software is working. After all, that computer (in a previous post) had anti-virus software, and then had Microsoft's Automatic Update and wwww.windowsupdate.com both disabled. Are those same functions disabled on your machine? How would you know? Or did anti-virus software detect, remove, stop, and announce that malware?

So how many have seen their anti-virus software detect Conficker - the current widespread worm? If anti-virus software has not reported mal-ware, then is it really doing anything?