Re: Gigantic,catastrophic security flaw in Windows - no defense...

From: J_at_s0n W@d3 (J_at_s0n)
Date: 06/23/04 

Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 12:29:30 GMT

On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 22:20:14 -0500, Rob Conklin wrote:

> I had the impression
> that the only way to get a virus was by opening an attachment or
> consenting to the installation of a java applet or ActiveX control.

Your continued use of ie is agreement to the automatic installation
of java applets and activex controls.

Get a safer browser:
http://www.mozilla.org/

And you need av software for sure. You can get one here:

Avast! (free virus scanner)
http://www.avast.com/i_idt_1016.html 

-- 
I'm hiding from the hipcrime nightmare.

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