Ross Cassell -> Mimi Gallandt wrote:
 RC> Hello Mimi!

 RC> 13 Aug 08 22:19, you wrote to me:

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

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

 RC> The biggest problem we have out there today, aside from the idiots whom
 RC> write malware, are the people whom fall for every social engineering
 RC> trick in the book. There really are people whom should not run or own a
 RC> computer.

Some people will click on just about anything they see on their screen.

 RC> The biggest thing I run into are people whom profess to not know a darn
 RC> thing about computers, have as much common sense and then wonder why
 RC> their systems get infected.

And invariably they blame it on the computer and not on their own stupidity,

 MG>> Whatcha reading?

 RC> I am not into reading books at the time, but I do read several tech,
 RC> political and sports blogs.. 

As long as you are reading something. :-)

Ed

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