Author: John Merlino
Date: 18:03:54 02/27/04
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On February 27, 2004 at 19:12:01, Johan de Koning wrote: >On February 26, 2004 at 23:51:33, John Merlino wrote: > >>On February 26, 2004 at 18:13:43, Bob Durrett wrote: >> >>>On February 26, 2004 at 16:18:41, John Merlino wrote: >>> >>>>I don't have any virus-checking software, but >>> >>>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >>> >>>Unbelievable!!! > >... >>Both my wife and I are computer professionals, we have no children, and the cat >>has not yet learned how to use the computer. > >And that is why cats should update their virus shield weekly! Actually, our cat, even though she is 12 years old, has still not exhausted her ability to find new places to sleep and new ways to beg for food. So, hopefully, we're safe from this threat(until we get a new cat, of course). >But kidding aside (well, not really kidding, more like insulting the average >Wuser), so called protection is very annoying and often misleading. The best >protection is knowledge, control, observation, common sense, and most of all: >not getting bored or horny. :-) > >Or in other words: warnings from virus scanners and fire walls should be taken >as a hints on unsafe behaviour, rather than as succesful bounces. > >... Johan Indeed. Couldn't agree more with every word. :-) jm
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