> Chrissy wrote:
> >>Chrissy wrote:
> <snip>
> >
> >>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.
No doubt it has - but that is not the issue - to rely on security holes being
patch is silly. It would be like saying one does not need to practice safe
sex because one has been vaccinated against all the things one cane get.
I can not recall one incident where my anti virus software picked up a
virus that I did not know was there. The only times it picks up something
is when I use it to identify what virus has been sent to me.
Chrissy.
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