Ed Hulett -> Mimi Gallandt wrote:
 EH> Mimi Gallandt -> Ed Hulett wrote:
 MG>> Ed Hulett -> Mimi Gallandt wrote:
 EH>>> Mimi Gallandt -> Ed Hulett wrote:
 MG>>>> Ed Hulett -> Mimi Gallandt wrote:
 EH>>>>> Mimi Gallandt -> Ross Cassell wrote:
 MG>>>>>> Ross Cassell -> Bob Klahn wrote:
 RC>>>>>>> Hello Bob!

 RC>>>>>>> 13 Aug 08 08:49, you wrote to All:

 BK>>>>>>>>  I recently got an email with the
microsoft return address, with
 BK>>>>>>>>  a link to download the latest version
of Internet Explorer 7.
 BK>>>>>>>>  It looked legit, everything looked
like it was from microsoft.
 BK>>>>>>>>  However, for some reason I was
suspicious. In addition, I
 EH> get my
 BK>>>>>>>>  updates automatically.

 BK>>>>>>>>  So I sent a copy of the email to
support{at}microsoft.com with a
 BK>>>>>>>>  note that I suspected it was fake. I
got a reply back, it was
 BK>>>>>>>>  fake.

 BK>>>>>>>>  So, don't download the latest version
of Internet explorer 7
 BK>>>>>>>>  from some link sent you in an email.

 RC>>>>>>> All common sense...

 RC>>>>>>> Dont download Windows Antivirus 2008/2009
or you will be sorry.

 RC>>>>>>> If one bothers to follow the tech blogs via
RSS feed or
 EH> otherwise,
 EH>>>>> one
 RC>>>>>>> can get a feel for when Microsoft and other
software companies
 EH> are
 MG>>>>>> gonna
 RC>>>>>>> roll something new down the pike, as far as
Microsoft goes, if
 EH> one
 RC>>>>>>> doesnt have time to read the tech blogs,
then only trust Windows
 MG>>>>>> Update.

 MG>>>>>> I have my machine set for automatic updates.
The only things I
 EH> ever
 MG>>>>>> download are audiobooks and after downloading
them, before I even
 MG>>>> look
 MG>>>>>> at the files I run AVG scan selected files on them.

 EH>>>>> I am virtually free of M$. I only have one Windows
box and it runs
 EH>>>>> Win2k. The rest of my boxes (including this new AMD
X2 dual core)
 MG>> run
 EH>>>>> Linux (Ubuntu) and viruses, spyware and other
malware can't touch
 MG>> me.

 MG>>>> (I'm knocking wood as I type this) The *ONLY* virus
I've ever gotten
 MG>>>> came from my husband the day after we got remarried. It was
 EH> called "I
 MG>>>> love you". It didn't hurt my machine but a little
worm got into my
 MG>>>> address book and sent itself to everyone in it. (still
knocking wood
 MG>>>> ) I never open attachments sent to me in
email, I practice safe
 MG>>>> computing. :)

 EH>>> Heh heh... I remember cleaning that one off of several customers'
 MG>> systems.

 EH>>> I worked on one guy's computer that had over 100 viruses on it. Of
 EH>>> course, he had no anti-virus software at all.

 MG>> Sounds like one of those kind of folks who you see doing something
 MG>> *REALLY* stupid and you think "how did that guy survive
childhood?" :)

 EH> Someone had told him that anti-virus software would slow his computer
 EH> down. He soon learned that the alternative slowed it down even more.

I would never advocate having no protection for a machine, but McAfee is
way slower on my machine than AVG free is. Personal preference Norton's is
good too, but prcey these days. :(

-- 
L'Chaim,
Mimi

fcpnmimi(at)cox.net


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