It amazes me how in this day and age so many people place so low a value in their own time and trouble on security. I get a lot of resistance among Windows users to the idea of running as standard user because they might have to enter admin credentials now and then. Not as bad as telling people to disable AV though.
Larry Seltzer Contributing Editor, PC Magazine larry_selt...@ziffdavis.com http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/ From: funsec-boun...@linuxbox.org [mailto:funsec-boun...@linuxbox.org] On Behalf Of Alex Eckelberry Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 2:22 PM To: Funsec Subject: [funsec] So, let's have fun and infect Paul Boutin... (just kidding, just kidding!) But there's one point made in this article about speeding up Vista which is idiotic http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20090521/ARTICLE/905209946/2410/FEA TURES?Title=Wring-a-bit-more-speed-from-Vista# * Uninstall your anti-virus software. I'm serious. Symantec Norton 360 spent so much time trying to protect me from problems I don't have that it dragged my Toshiba's performance to a crawl. So I uninstalled it. Instant speed boost.
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