[X4U] Re: Good Reading

[Zane H. Healy]

At 11:26 PM -0700 7/17/05, Randy B.Singer wrote:
>I spoke with some folks who had been in the audience, over drinks later,
>and they said that it wasn't a compelling argument for them, that they
>just run anti-viral software and that they don't have a problem with
>malware.
>
>So, I don't know. Is malware only a problem for Windows users who are
>idiots and who don't install anti-viral software?

I'm not sure what the current state of anti-spyware/malware software 
is.  It's probably been over a year since I booted my Windows box 
(the combo of moving from a G4/450AGP to G5 2x2, and switching to 
Safari, mostly got rid of my needs for a Windows box).  At that time, 
with current anti-virus software I could be infected with spyware 
basically as soon as I went online.  To combat this I started using a 
registry hack called IE-SPYAD, which blocked most spyware sites, that 
coupled with spyware removal largely took care of the problem, but it 
was a royal pain in the neck.

I tend to suspect that those that say they don't have a problem don't 
realize that they do, but at the same time, maybe the new Antivirus 
software is doing a better job.

		Zane


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