Re: A question about Firewall in XP
From: David Candy (david_at_mvps.org)
Date: 08/30/03
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Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 01:01:19 +1000
I don't update. Either XP was fit for sale or it wasn't. I maintain it was so updates are unnecessary. Because I don't update I don't have any problems.
-- David Candy http://www.mvps.org/serenitymacros/ http://www.simtel.com/pub/pd/18669.html "T O M M Y" <TOM1201@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:u7mtWsvbDHA.1728@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... > What about people having an old never-updated XP Pro? I have a dial up > connection and couldn't update my XP at any time... > well, I still run the old XP (ver 2002) since Microsoft only supports its > high speed connection customers.( Although many people still use slow dial > up connections around the world). Besides, you may go away from your > computer > during the update time, but what can you do with dialup accidental > disconnections? Even the best download accelerator programs do not support > XP's built-in update.... > Better Microsoft break down its download updates into smaller one to help > customers like us working in a more secure environment. > > > "purplehaz" <philcosoft@none.for.me> wrote in message > news:ehAidcpbDHA.1128@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... > > > > "whoever" <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote in message > > news:Xns93E6CBFDD7491nospamnospam@207.46.248.16... > > > "Robert" <Crockett151283@hotmail.com> wrote in > > > news:#IuBTwjbDHA.3248@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl: > > > > > > > The eTrust antivirus had an update ready only a few hours after the > > > > Sobig virus was known. > > > > > > You didn't quote what you were responding to. The fact the eTrust had an > > > update ready only a few hours after SoBig-F went wild didn't stop it > being > > > the most virulent virus the internet has ever seen. > > > > > > What percentage of users do you think update their AV signatures once a > > > week, or better? On one machine that I use, that only has a dialup > > > connection, I only update them once every couple of months, because it > > > takes 20-30 minutes to update the signatures on that slow connection. > > > > > > > Most any av program can be set up auto-update and auto-install. No user > > action is required. Even on dialup, so it takes long, connect start > > downloading and walk away. Come back 1/2 hour later and your done. Having > > dialup is not an excuse to not download new virus definitions. > > > > > > > >
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