Re: Partitioning,multibooting etc and security

From: Suz McClure (suzmcclure@sympatico.ca)
Date: 03/07/03 

From: "Suz McClure" <suzmcclure@sympatico.ca>
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 16:57:32 -0500

a quick answer to all four queries, David.. NO.. NO.. NO.. NO..

Will an anti-virus and Firewall stop hackers as long as they are kept
updated and configured correctly, and of course running at bootup? YES..
YES.. YES.. YES..

And you don't have to create partitions and folders everywhere.. saves so
much time..

"David from Sydney" <davidfromsydney@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:Onn2OvO5CHA.2156@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Hi Everyone,
> 1) Does placing data or programs on their own partition reduce or protect
> against attack from viruses,worms,trojans etc.?
> 2)Does placing data or programs on their own partition reduce or protect
> against attack from hackers?
> 3)Does booting into a separate instance of XP(or other OS) for surfing the
> Web reduce or protect against attack from viruses,worms,trojans etc.?
> 4)Does booting into a separate instance of XP(or other OS) for surfing the
> Web reduce or protect against attack from hackers?
> TIA
> David
>
>

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