On 2010-04-07 02:51, Freeman wrote:
I'll always be slowly catching up on comp tech.
I was using Knoppix and ClamAV to remove a virus for a friend when the
futility of it all hit me. The free anti-virus hopscotch game that windows
users play to feel safe.
http://xkcd.com/463/
What wasted energy--over an OS I boot into maybe
7% of the time. They screw up half the time.
By having my wife/kids run Windows from "named" unpriv accounts,
using Tbird/Firefox/ABP/Flashblock and not logging into social media
sites, we've kept their system virus-free for 5 years.
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or the timid." Dwight Eisenhower
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