On Monday 09 August 2004 04:18 pm, JoeHill wrote: > On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 15:23:23 -0400 > > > > > Well, all I can say is, my wife's machine is a default install > > of XP, has been for a few years, and we've never had a virus, > > worm, or otherwise. The only thing protecting the box is my > > firewall (BBIAgent) and AVG, a free anti-virus app. She uses IE, > > Outlook Express, and has no problems. > > I should have mentioned, said wife is a *very light user*, > spending much less than an hour per day on the machine, and that > the firewall is a *real* firewall, not some crap like ZoneAlarm or > BlackIce.
Hmmm... I suppose that would make me a heavy user, spending upwards of 8 hours a day on the machine. :) and there's two of us... (heard from the other room: "can I have the phone line a minute?" ... "Ok, you can have it back now...") I dumped IE and OE shortly after dumping AOL - about 3 months after the first time I pushed the power button on my first machine. Like I said, the only thing I use IE for is to make sure webpages I build for my husband's site load properly for people who DO use it. I've never used a firewall and am probably too lax about keeping Norton updated, but haven't been virus'd in over five years. Maybe I'm just lucky? :) J -- why linux? because MS is to OS as AOL is to ISP.
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