[R-390] OT: virus check time

Sun, 30 Jun 2002 13:45:41 -0400

Solution: use a REAL operating system, like Linux or FreeBSD !

Too bad, OS/2 is a dead product - it was fairly decent, especially the Warp
4 version. As it was a terrible resource 'hog", it  could really perform on
a modern system with oodles of RAM.

73, Meir WF2U

Landrum, SC

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From: 	[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]  On
Behalf Of Jim Shorney
Sent:	Sunday, June 30, 2002 1:32 PM
To:	[email protected]; Barry Hauser
Subject:	Re: [R-390] OT: virus check time

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On Sun, 30 Jun 2002 13:12:16 -0400, Barry Hauser wrote:

>> I also received "Snow White" deleted it. Norton also quarantine something
>> called "Midgets.scr or W95.hybrids. worm". This was also deleted. Know
>> very little about viruses and less on how to handle them. Let the Norton
>> AntiVirus handle that.
>
>I don't know if it's wise to let Norton handle everything, though ....

Of course, the ultimate solution is to not use Windows for
internet/email.  This stuff just sits harmlessly in my inbox...  :-)
Not an option if you are on a corporate net, of course; you have to use
what the MIS boys tell you to.  I don't even need to use AV software;
no one is writing virii for OS/2 anymore.  Windows is such an easy
target.

Try as they might, the computer is still not a turnkey 'idiot box'.
You have to learn something about it.  A good antivirus program is not
an option, it is mandatory these days for the Windows platform.  But
that must be supplemented with a working knowledge of your antivirus of
choice, and a willingness to keep it updated frequently and to read up
on what virii are out there.  These guys are getting frighteningly
clever.

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