>> In any case, since I have "disassembled" the Internet Explorer in the way I described in my last post, I am - until now - no longer the target of such annoying intrusions, or is this merely a coincidence in time? <<
I think the risk is too great to assume your PC is now safe. At the very least there can be keyloggers and screen-capture software installed. Such malware is designed to NOT draw attention to itself. I think all Windows installations must be assumed to be toxic. I've seen people do comparisons of umpteen different anti-virus solutions. Most of the AV solutions had a 10% miss rate on viruses that were known to be on the machine. Any institution should be running a standard, automated build, and Windows installations should be replaced very frequently. When I was in charge of a NT/Win2K network, that's what we did. At the time there was no solution we could buy in, so it fell to me to develop the solution. My experience last week has just meant I've made the final leap away from Windows as anything more than a toxic OS. It's no wonder that I know several people who've suffered identity theft, and at least two of these were professional IT staff using Windows. For at least 5 years I've advised all my friends and family to just buy a mac. None of those mac-only users have suffered identity theft. I'm not even entering into the argument about whether or not windows is insecure by design - it is just obvious that it is the largest target. Bernard _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
