[X-Newbies] Virtual PC

David Brostoff listaddr at earthlink.net
Mon Aug 1 20:23:41 PDT 2005


At 11:32 PM -0700 on 7/30/05, Randy B.Singer wrote:
>Viruses don't show up on their own via the Internet, you have to do
>something on the Internet to open the door for them.  However, hackers
>can try to get into your computer via broadband without you doing much of
>anything.  (A firewall will foil them.) Just visiting Web sites using a
>browser in VPC opens you up to adware and spyware.

Does this include visiting sites like Microsoft itself? I use VPC to 
run QuickBooks. I don't use e-mail on VPC and the only Internet sites 
I visit are QuickBooks Update, Windows Update and Norton Internet 
Security Update (Live Update).

Am I vulnerable?

David


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