Re: PC could be infected without opening an infected mail?!

From: Will Dormann (wdormann_at_yahoo.com.invalid)
Date: 02/28/04


Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 07:43:43 GMT

Doug Fox wrote:

> In terms of prevention, in addition to "patch" the holes using Windows
> Update. What else can we do in this regards?

Sure. Don't use IE/OE. They are ridiculously insecure.

Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird make excellent replacements for them.

-WD



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