<snip>Chrissy wrote:
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.
The fact is that huge number of virii - seems like the majority of the last couple year's worth - spread through unpatched bugs in Outlook and/or IE, and every time MS patches one security hole someone finds another. And yes, keeping up-to-date on patches is a good idea, of course, but it's still always a step behind. Someone exposes a security flaw, someone exploits the flaw, MS creates a patch. Rinse-n-repeat.
No doubt the mail client I'm using now has just as many holes, but it's not a target so those bugs aren't likely to be exploited any time soon.
-- Corey Murtagh The Electric Monk "Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur!"
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