Re: Are Antivirus software companies like the Mafia?

From: Tom Randy (Sorry_at_spamsucks.net)
Date: 04/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 10:45:02 GMT

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 02:31:56 -0400, righter wrote:

> "Bill Sanderson" <Bill_Sanderson@msn.com.plugh.org> wrote in message
> news:ejuLRFkLEHA.2388@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> I once had somebody sending me a couple of bugs a week which were newer
> than
>> my definitions knew what to do with. I don't think it was dangerous--I
>> wasn't about to open them, but it was interesting.
>
> I had a virus that my program couldn't get rid of, but I was referred to
> a website that had this lengthy step by step process to get rid of it.
> That wasted a whole day. Pissed me off.

Switch to Linux. Try Suse. Easy install. Why put up with Microsuck?

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