I'm glad to see that you have taken all of those steps, not everone does. I applaud those that keep up on patches and use "responsible " computing practices, however, nothing beats a good antivirus program that's has up to date definitions and while you may use Linux or OSX or something else, there are exploits for any OS that could infect a computer without the users knowledge. With all of the "free" ones out there like AVG or Clam, there is no reason to not use one.
Dennis Hoyle ----- Original Message ----- From: Doug McLaren To: Dennis Hoyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 08:13:03 -0600 Subject: Re: Re: [RCSE] Getting Spam Email Now On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 08:26:02AM -0500, Dennis Hoyle wrote: | How do you know if you haven't run an antivirus software? Well, let's see ... 1) I'm careful about what I run. 2) I keep up to date on OS patches 3) I've secured my system 4) my OS's design makes it quite resistant to viruses. 5) and because of this, there's almost no viruses made for it. | ----- Original Message ----- | From: Doug McLaren | To: Dennis Hoyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Sent: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 01:02:00 -0600 | Subject: Re: [RCSE] Getting Spam Email Now | | On Sun, Mar 13, 2005 at 11:14:21PM -0500, Dennis Hoyle wrote: | | | How many times have you met someone who said, "I don't have an | | antivirus program and I never got a virus". I've met quite a | | few. They are the "infected" ones unwittingly sending our email | | addresses to the spammers. | | | | They're not traitors, they're just ignorant. | | I don't have an anti-virus program, and haven't run one in perhaps | 10 years. | I haven't gotten a computer virus in about 14 years. | I'm not a traitor. | I'm not ignorant. | My computer is not `infected'. | My computer is not sending your email addresses to the spammers, | unwittingly or wittingly. | -- Doug McLaren, [EMAIL PROTECTED] I was working on a flat tax proposal and accidentally proved there was no God. --Homer Simpson
