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mikec · 01-22-2007, 11:04 AM

well said cyrnel.

I don't live in Canada KnifeMissle - what's your point?

You don't leave your door wide open when you're not home, do you? I mean it's just silly how you go on about locks, you should understand the point...you protect yourself and your belongings IRL, and knowing what's out there, it's irresponsible to not protect yourself IRL AND virtually.

If you own a home, you should have a Security System - Take the Quiz... no matter how wealthy or poor the neighborhood you live in.

Forgetting about experts and saavy users, how do you propose novice users be protected from malicious spam linked to a virus they think is real? Or can you not conceive a user like that?

Have you ever fixed a machine for someone who was infected and understood how they came to be infected? Just last week, 3 clicks on an machine with expired AV caused the Luder.A Infection among others - protection from this worm has been available since late December - if my customer had his "door locked" with current AV protection, he could have avoided file clean & backup, XP reinstall and file restore. Could he have been smarter by not opening the attachment? Yes. Can you expect everyone to be that smart? The reality is, no.

01-22-2007, 11:04 AM	#20 (permalink)
mikec I flopped the nutz... Location: Stratford, CT	well said cyrnel. I don't live in Canada KnifeMissle - what's your point? You don't leave your door wide open when you're not home, do you? I mean it's just silly how you go on about locks, you should understand the point...you protect yourself and your belongings IRL, and knowing what's out there, it's irresponsible to not protect yourself IRL AND virtually. If you own a home, you should have a Security System - Take the Quiz... no matter how wealthy or poor the neighborhood you live in. Forgetting about experts and saavy users, how do you propose novice users be protected from malicious spam linked to a virus they think is real? Or can you not conceive a user like that? Have you ever fixed a machine for someone who was infected and understood how they came to be infected? Just last week, 3 clicks on an machine with expired AV caused the Luder.A Infection among others - protection from this worm has been available since late December - if my customer had his "door locked" with current AV protection, he could have avoided file clean & backup, XP reinstall and file restore. Could he have been smarter by not opening the attachment? Yes. Can you expect everyone to be that smart? The reality is, no. __________________ Until the 20th century, reality was everything humans could touch, smell, see, and hear. Since the initial publication of the charted electromagnetic spectrum, humans have learned that what they can touch, smell, see, and hear is less than one millionth of reality Last edited by mikec; 01-22-2007 at 11:21 AM..