> Chrissy wrote:
> > How about this for a new ad campaign?
> >
> >
> > I guarantee that this programme will protect you from
> > 100 new very destructive viruses which will be released
> > in the next month.
> >
> > Gangs have been getting protection money in the movies
> > (and in real life) for years now - maybe this is the new
> > protection racket.
>
> There is a lot of hype surrounding AV programs. Not to mention lots of
> scare-mongering. Fact is, if everyone was a little bit more
> knowledgable about virii, and took some simple precautions, then we
> wouldn't have anywhere near as many problems with virii as we do now.
Not quite the point I was making.
> I
> run AVG, and scan once in a while with Panda's ActiveScan, and I haven't
> had a single positive virus report in close to two years... because I
> practice some very simple anti-virus methods of my own, including not
> using Outlook (sorry, but it's true) anymore, not executing attachments
> before I check them out, etc.
Not this again? I use OE and have never been hit by a virus. Using OE
does not mean that you will be attacked by viruses. You are right about
practicing some very simple anti-virus methods - and those methods do
not need to include not using OE.
> Unfortunately most people online are just too uninformed, or stupid, to
> do this. Thus they become vectors for every new virus out there.
I wrote some Excel stuff recently and tried to run it on two other computers
and it did something unexpected. I decided to check for product updates
before spending hours "fixing" a non existent problem. Both machines had
over 40 updated not installed - most critical. The problem has gone. The
guy said that "it take too long to do it". I explained it like this (he is in the
motor trade and has just been given a new company car) - I said, you have
done 50,000 km in your car and take it back to Ford and say that it is
broken and is not good enough. They explain that you need to change the oil
and you reply "Wasn't the oil you put in it good enough?". He told me to do
the updates.
No one would expect a car to work well with an ignorant owner but they
expect computers to work well under those circumstances.
Chrissy.
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