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from: SHADOW
date: 2014-10-29 12:28:00
subject: Re: Who has caught a viru

On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 17:33:31 -0700 (PDT), RayLopez99
 wrote:

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

 You can't "catch" a PUP. You have to download it, or someone
has to put it on your computer.
>
>Some of you are technicians, so have you seen any malware/viruses on
>systems that employ a quality AV like Microsoft Security Essentials or
>Windows Defender?  Nope. Didn't think so.

 Quality, as in "bad quality" ? 
>
>Viruses are overhyped

 True.
 I have not seen a computer virus in the wild in the last 10
years or so. Malware researchers like Dustin or David Lipman might
come across one occasionally.
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