Re: There Is A Better Way

From: Jupiter Jones [MVP] (jones_jupiter_at_hotnomail.com)
Date: 05/02/04 

Date: Sun, 2 May 2004 08:59:23 -0600

A troll, maybe not.
Misinformed...definitely.
If you go around clicking like that, you will get something.
It is a myth that certain brands are immune.
Fewer threats maybe, far from immune.
But you just keep up with the unprotected computer but do not be
surprised when the inevitable happens.

As for the rest, my computers have very few issues and low
maintenance.
If your Windows boxes are constantly getting viruses etc, you are
missing one or more of the 4 necessary items on this link:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/security.htm
And if you have them, one ort more is out of date.
Between those 4 items and a little common sense a clean computer is
relatively easy.

Also see:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm 

-- 
Jupiter Jones  [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
"Richard" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:731b01c4304e$e2c91db0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
Just me being here posting this makes me a troll I guess. I've come
here and
other places looking for help with a virus, one of many that I've had
to deal
with the past couple of years. You know, the ones that get through
your
often-updated virus scanner and it can't get rid of. Like most of them
I find I
have to spend a *lot* of my time researching on the web exactly what
hoops
I have to jump through to get rid of the damn thing once and for all.
I own 3 computers. Two of them run XP, and one of those 2 is used by
my
girlfriend and her daughter. The 2nd XP machine stays off the web and
is
used by me for running just *one* application (Codewarrior, a
microcontroller software development app). This 2nd computer
basically does what it's supposed to do with no serious problems, and
other
than the app crashing once in a while and being rather
counter-intuitive I
have no big issues with it. The one my girlfriend uses is another
story. I
spend way too much time keeping it afloat. In spite of McAfee (and Ive
used
others) standing guard it still gets viruses constantly. It is a
little over a year
old and I *know* that it runs considerably slower than it did when
new. And
I suppose I am to get some comfort in knowing that I am not alone.
Everyone I know with a Wintel box has the same problems. And you
probably wouldn't be here reading this if you were not part of the
same
crowd.
There is a better way.
My 3rd computer is my workhorse. I use it in my work all day every
day, and
leave it on 24/7. I have 201 applications installed on it, and I
probably
exercise 100 of them every month. I have a permanent connection to the
web and use the web maybe half my time (and no firewall). I have no
fear in
clicking any link I see, opening any attachment in email, or
downloading and
trying out new software I find on the web. In the 12 months I have
owned
this computer I have not once acquired a virus. And not once has the
system
software crashed (yes, some apps do crash but they never take the
system
down with them). How do I do this you may ask? Well, as some may have
guessed by now, I do it by using a Mac. Dismiss me as being a
Mac-Addict if
you like, but if you knew what I know, you would want to tell the
world
yourself. If you guys are really tired of this virus crap and want to
see what
it's like to actually *enjoy* using your computer, you owe it to
yourself to
find out more about what I'm saying. There really is a better way.

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