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Re: [APD] Viruses and worms....
I wouldn't say "inexcusable" but I would say "totally
unnecessary," "dangerous," and "inappropriate for
participation."
There is freeware around to protect your machine and the
commerical stuff, like Norton Internet Security/Antivirus,
which stays very up-to-date and for which updated virus
protection can be download weekly, daily, even hourly, are
not very expensive.
Scott H.
--- Rex Grigg <rex at dsl-only_net> wrote:
> Some one that has the APD email address in their
> address book is
> infected with one or more viruses and/or worms. This
> IMHO is
> inexcusable. Running a computer without up to date
> anti-virus software is
> akin to sky diving without a parachute or like removing
> the front door to
> your house and piling your valuables right inside the
> door. And if you
> have a broadband connection you should be running a fire
> wall. I have
> three computers connected to a broadband connection at
> home and when the
> "blaster" worm was going full force I was being port
> scanned about 2-5
> times a second on my three active static IP addresses.
> Just for giggles I
> took a spare machine I had laying around and connected it
> to the broadband
> connection. It took seven seconds for this machine to
> become infected. If
> you do not have a fire wall and a virus scanner then
> please go to
> http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ or
> http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/ and
> have your computer scanned for viruses. Once your
> machine is clean
> disconnect it from your Internet connection until you
> have installed a
> virus checker and a fire wall.
>
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