Greg Burkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 21/09/04 21:10, "Jamie Kahn Genet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hell, till I got .Mac I never bothered using _any_ anti-virus software > > on the Mac side since Disinfectant back in System 6 - 7 days. It's only > > my increased connectivity with poor Winblows users that's forced me to > > recently do something. XP for experience, huh Microsloth? Not any kind > > of bloody experience I want! > > > > And yeah, just set Virex to update definitions and scan your home folder > > automatically each startup. No need to rely on memory (mine's lousy > > anyway) :-) Seems like you can't go for longer than 48 hours without a > > new PC virus rearing it's head. > > > > Regards, > > Jamie Kahn Genet > > LMAO. I'll buy you a stiff one next time you're in Fairbanks.
Vodka - straight up, thanks. Or A Harvey Wallbanger always goes down a treat :-) > I'm running two networked PowerBooks here in Alaska and they've been > connected to the internet for two years now with no exploits, aside from two > nitwits who tried to get in via Port 80. The last time I _ever_ had any security or virus related trouble was 1991 when I discovered a very old (even at that time) virus infecting a floppy disk belonging to a teacher of mine. I think it was infecting a graphic file if memory serves, but it's such a long time ago I don't recall the details. > Oh, and "occasionally" I receive ugly e-mails with attachments from Windows > users who don't know they're sending the payloads along. I just delete those > messages, and I automatically send along a notice to them that they have a > problem they need to fix. I wouldn't bother if I were you. It's highly likely the return addresses are either invalid or the addresses of some third party who never had anything to do with the original email (I get those al the time, so often I'd report them as SPAM to Spamcop if I could - but I can't since they're bounces, bounces back to a false address - mine - but Spamcop won't accept them as SPAM). GRRRR!) so you're just wasting their time, and - more importantly - your time. > You might appreciate the fact that on this Lombard, I'm running 9.2.2 on an > Ethernet network with an Intego firewall configured to my specifications. > I'm using M$ Entourage as my e-mail client on this machine, and I do have > Office 2001 on it. > > I have Virex on this Lombard, but I just checked: the last time I updated > anything Virex-related was last August. I have Virex set to auto-update on startup otherwise I'd forget, plus I've got to protect those PC users from themselves and not pass on PC viruses :-\ > Nothing runs automatically on my 'Books: not a virus-scanner, not a > utilities app, not scripts in my browsers, nothing. > > I have no problems. The other 'Book runs Panther, and no issues there > either, with no anti-virus installed or enabled. > > I'm a PowerBook guy. I need to fire 'em up and go, because I have an > "itinerant lifestyle." No virus problems _ever_, not even with my old Duos, > my 1400, or my (shudder) 5300, or the lovely Kanga (3500). > > I've run Windows machines since 3.1, and I've been on Macs on and off since > 1984. I run on the go with Apple 'Books now, because I can, and because they > suit me, > > I've never been infected. Avoiding that is a matter of knowledge and skill. Very true! If it wasn't for that infected floppy I could happily have said I've _never_ personally had a computer catch a virus in RL. _Ever_. This is probably due to me only running old versions of MS-DOS and Windows. I'm sure if I ran XP I'm positive I'd have gotten up close and personal with some malicious code by now, however careful I am. Fortunately that isn't going to happen :-) Regards, Jamie Kahn Genet -- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
