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from: RAYLOPEZ99
date: 2014-10-27 04:33:00
subject: Who has caught a virus la

I've not. I surf porn sites that supposedly have viruses/malware on them, a=
nd last I caught even some PUP was years ago.

Some of you are technicians, so have you seen any malware/viruses on system=
s that employ a quality AV like Microsoft Security Essentials or Windows De=
fender?  Nope. Didn't think so.

Viruses are overhyped, but I do agree that once in a while they can cause a=
 problem.  I notice Norton is being spun off by Symantec, probably because =
corporations have fewer seats to fill.  A dying industry, nothing like our =
fiend Dustbin imagines it to be... That said, I was perusing a Bitcoin foru=
m and noticed a lot of people had their bitcoin wallets hacked, but it's pr=
obably because they use TOR for privacy, which has backdoors and rogue site=
s (Bitcon / Tor is where criminals hide) that will fool you into thinking t=
hey are legit, and then they'll do a Man-in-the-Middle attack.   Tor is bad=
ware.

RL
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