Re: Warning! Virus!
From: James Sweet (jamessweet_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/31/04
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Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 03:14:14 GMT
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> > | > | Clicking a valid url is not that bad, is it? I have no virus
> checker,
> > | > never
> > | > | had. I install the MS patches when I am advised to do so, and
that's
> > it.
> > | >
> > | > Yikes! Install AVG Personal - it's free. I'd no more go on the 'net
> > naked
> > | > than go shopping downtown naked.
> > | >
> > | > N
> > | >
> > |
> > | My Linux computer does not have any ad/spy-aware and anti virus
software
> > | installed, yet I don't see any harm to my Linux computer after
visiting
> > the
> > | website. So, what's the deal?
> >
> > No big deal - until you find your entire hard drive erased or hopelessly
> > corrupted. It's a low risk with Linux, but still exists. Why take the
> > chance?
> >
>
> I wished that can be done when logon as a regular user. Every now and
then,
> I need to install/delete some files as a regular user and always got the
> error messages saying no enought priviledge. Will any virus have such a
> priviledge? If so, my Linux computer is now full of virus mainly because I
> intentionally use it to read all my e-mails that contain virus. Alas, it
is
> still running in the office 24/7 since 10/5/3. Does anyone out here know
how
> much of the CPU resources are wasted to run anti-virus/trojan and
> ad/spy-aware software on-demand on any MS OS based system? Wouldn't it be
> nice if those wasted CPU resources can be used to perform some other
tasks?
>
> --
> Mazi
>
>
Windows can be setup the same way, well at least NT/2K/XP can, 9x is
hopelessly insecure. I finally put 2K on my mom's computer and set her up as
a standard user and haven't had any problems at all with it since, however
most people like the convenience of always being logged in as admin, not
good practice but most even fairly knowledgeable people I know do it.
A good virus scanner uses few system resources, I usually only start mine up
though when I'm installing something I've downloaded and do a scan every
once in a while to make sure nothing slipped by.
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