Re: Best Virus program
From: PattiChati (PattiChati_at_anywhere.invalid)
Date: 10/03/05
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Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 00:25:23 -0400
I cannot get a post that far back, my available posts only go to August 4th.
And I do read all the posts that are available to me.
I don't really understand all you are saying in your post. I was just
making a comment that why fight in the newsgroup - take it outside. So you
seem to be saying this type of back and forth fighting, when it is totally
off the question is acceptable?
"Phil Weldon" <notdiscosed@example.com> wrote in message
news:E220f.8762$q1.76@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> 'PattiChati' posted, in part:
> | I was just hoping to hear from some other people, I thanked you for your
> | input. I open up the topic and see all these names and was excited
> because
> | I thought I got that much feedback - instead it was a couple of guys
> | fighting over the internet. I was just hoping for more feedback. Thank
> | you.
> _____
>
> It is a good idea to read some posts in a newsgroup before posting. This
> will give you an idea of the character of a newsgroup, and you may also
> find questions already answered. Many times, in fact. Your exact
> question, in fact. The thread, for example, that began 27JUN05 with
> 'Which Virus Program To Get' from 'boaz' and generated dozens of posts.
>
> Also consider that all posters are not equally knowledgeable. Generally
> in a 'technical' newsgroup something like 'peer review' takes place. If
> good information is posted then it stands. If bad information is posted,
> then objections are raised. For you to post a comment like "I was just
> hoping to hera from some other people, I thanked you for your input. I
> open up the topic and see all these names and was excited because I though
> I got that much feedback - instead it was a couple of guyes fighting over
> the internet. I was just hoping for more feedback. Thank you." is sorta
> off the point. After all, there is hardly any need for more than a few
> posts - after all the question has been recently discussed at length, and
> there are fewer than a dozen resonable recommendations. Duplication isn't
> really necessary. What you've just seen is a case of 'peer review.' One
> poster indulges in dangerous practices. What could be more dangerous than
> downloads that could be infectors? One recent and prominent Internet
> worm, 'Swen', distributed very convincing fake Microsoft security patches
> which were actually an infective worm. These infective patches are
> distributed by posts to newsgroups and by email. You should be VERY
> careful about where you obtain security applications. That is also the
> reason the the creators and publishers of security programs are VERY
> careful to control how their work is distributed, even if it is at no
> charge. Some individuals, for one reason or another, set up sites that
> may or may not offer malware along with applications for which permission
> to distribute has been granted; applications for which there is no
> guarantee of freedom from infection (which is why sites that DO have
> permission must link to the home site.
>
> It is easy to check the presence and reputation of a poster in a newsgroup
> like this. Just sort the posts by author, check the quantity, a scan a
> few replies. 'David H. Lipman' did you a favor by warning against whoever
> he or she was (the signiture of the individual changes) dangerous
> practices. 'DHL' is without a doubt the most prolific poster to this
> newsgroup and is certainly well received AND well respected.
>
> Google newsgroup searches can also be an interesting way of checking, if
> not bona fides, at least the ratio of helpful contributions:heat, noise,
> smoke, and dubious practices. You'll find over 3000 posts by 'David H.
> Lipman', 7 by 'id' .
>
> Phil Weldon
>
> "PattiChati" <PattiChati@anywhere.invalid> wrote in message
> news:e%23Ak2G8xFHA.2212@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>I was just hoping to hear from some other people, I thanked you for your
>>input. I open up the topic and see all these names and was excited
>>because I thought I got that much feedback - instead it was a couple of
>>guys fighting over the internet. I was just hoping for more feedback.
>>Thank you.
>> "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
>> news:uW$iol7xFHA.1256@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>> From: "PattiChati" <PattiChati@anywhere.invalid>
>>>
>>> | Hey guys, I asked a question here and you spent all this time trashing
>>> one
>>> | another. I didn't think that was what newsgroups were for.
>>> | I would really appreciate more input from some of you and I thank the
>>> two of
>>> | you that replied to me.
>>> | Thanks.
>>>
>>> What else do you want ? I agve you the two *best*. However some more
>>> choices with the CA
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Dave
>>> http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
>>> http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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