[Boatanchors] Virus problems

[J. Forster]

It sells new OSs and AV programs, etc.

Were one suspicious, one might think there is a connection.

-John

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> I really believe that all of the miscreants who spend their time causing
> problems with operating systems, etc., (no matter what the company that
> designed the system), were to combine their efforts in something
> worthwhile, things like cancer could be cured in less than a month!
>
> No matter what the designer does to prevent "hacking", there are those
> who's only purpose in life is finding a way around the security and,
> eventually, do so.  Then, the system designers have to find another
> security protection and the "hackers" eventually find a way around the
> security.  It is basically a never-ending spiral.
>  
> Glen, K9STH
>
>
> Website:  http://k9sth.com
>
>
> ________________________________
>  From: Bry Carling <bcarling at cfl.rr.com>
> To: Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 2:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] (no subject)
>
> Dave,
>
> I have heard of a couple of Mac viruses, but have no experience with them,
> and after
> 30 years of comupting have only had one or two experiences with any of
> that on
> Micro$oft OS too. To avoid the vulnerabilities of Outlook, I have always
> used Pegasus
> for e-mail (free) which has prevented 100% of e-mail based infections.
> I use a router-switch for accessing the internet, which cuts out 99% of
> the web based stuff.
> AVG takes car of the rest and it's free.
>
> Why Microsoft is still so impotent and incompetent that they can't prevent
> this sort of thing
> after this many years is quite astounding.
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