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<blockquote type="cite" cite>On 7/18/05, Richard Gilmore wrote:<br>
> Our PCs at work are loaded from a frozen disc image everyday.
They have to<br>
> be left on 24 hours a day and every night at 1 am the hard drives
are<br>
> automatically erased. The lengths they go to, to keep the malware
at bay are<br>
> extraordinary.<br>
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That's quite an excessive length to go to, I think.<br>
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When I first got a Mac, I did spend several months being mildly
smug<br>
about not having to worry about viruses any more. However, I've
kept<br>
my mum's PC virus/ad-ware free by swapping her over to Firefox,
having<br>
a software firewall turned on, and installing a free
anti-virus</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>package.</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><b>I do feel sorry for people who don't
have a techie they can</b></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><b>call on to set their computer
up</b></blockquote>
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<div>But this is a VERY large group of people,,, they know how to turn
the thing on and move around, but to "work" on maintaining
the system,,,,,,,,,,,,,, you gotta be kidding! (I have family
members in this sort of group).</div>
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<div>John Dach</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>as Windows does seem very
vulnerable</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>out of the box, although apparently XP
with service pack 2 installed<br>
is a bit better.<br>
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Where I used to work the Windows IT chap had to spend a while<br>
installing fixes for the latest spyware when we'd get an outbreak,
but<br>
it was relatively rare. We had a general problem where some of the<br>
sales staff would 'work late' and then come in the next day to find
a<br>
porn site had welded itself in as their home page, but very rarely
did<br>
anything need wiping and re-loading.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Paul</blockquote>
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