A few things. First, computing habits determine what you'll get on your system, to a huge degree. Second, if you only have AVG on your system, you are not going to get reports about malware, spyware, and so on, and there is a fairly large school of thought, to which I subscribe, that you are getting very inadequate virus protection as well.
Bruce On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 12:45:57 -0500, "Kate" <[email protected]> said: > > Another question then. I have AVG 8, the free version, on my computer. > That's all I have. It's struck me as odd that I don't get warned about > malware or viruses at all, except on a very rare occasion. My boyfriend > has about 4 programs on his computer for protection and he's catching > things right and left. And he even uses his computer less than I do. How > many programs does it take to keep a computer adequately clean from > malware? > > My BF uses all sorts of inaccessible programs since he's sighted, so I'll > have to check this recommended suggestion out, as well as some others. I > guess I'm just wondering, though, how many malware programs you avid > computer users have on your computers? At least 4? More than that? Less > than that? > > Kate > > > > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 14:20:07 +0000 > > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] doodle for google??? > > > > Kate, could be spyware. Download and install the free Super Antispyware > > from > > www.superantispyware.com. It's fully accessible. > > > > -- > > Chris Hallsworth > > e-mail: [email protected] > > MSN: [email protected] > > Skype: chrishallsworth7266 > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Kate" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 2:09 PM > > Subject: [Blind-Computing] doodle for google??? > > > > > > > > Okay, I don't use iGoogle, but I use google.com for searching the web. > > Lately I'll do a search and then this window comes up and jaws announces > > that it's my search page, but there isn't anything on the page except some > > of googles general links plus this advertisement for "doodle for google". I > > just have to wait for the ad to go away and then my results show up and the > > page appears as I'd expect. Looks like there's no way around this except to > > wait and it takes forever for the screen to change back to what it's > > supposed to be. This seems really ridiculous, how do I get past this? > > > > Kate > > > > > > > > > Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 08:58:29 -0500 > > > From: [email protected] > > > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] mozilla thhunderbird > > > > > > No, it doesn't require any scripts. > > > HTH > > > > > > Jeffrey Shockley > > > E-Mail: > > > [email protected], > > > [email protected], > > > [email protected], > > > [email protected] > > > MSN: > > > [email protected] > > > Yahoo: > > > [email protected] > > > Google Talk: > > > [email protected] > > > AIM: > > > jawswizard > > > Skype: > > > jawswizard > > > > > > > > > On 2/4/2009 10:41 PM, jeremy typed this E-Mail at me and said: > > > > Does it require any scripts for it to run well with jaws? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey Shockley, School Laptop > > > > Edition" <[email protected]> > > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 2:05 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] mozilla thhunderbird > > > > > > > > > > > >> I use TBird with Gmail. Works grea and it is easy to set up. All you > > > >> gotta do is in the new account wizard, select Gmail from the radio > > > >> buttons and put in your name and stuff and then, it's all set up. > > > >> HTh > > > >> > > > >> Jeffrey Shockley > > > >> E-Mail: > > > >> [email protected], > > > >> [email protected], > > > >> [email protected], > > > >> [email protected] > > > >> MSN: > > > >> [email protected] > > > >> Yahoo: > > > >> [email protected] > > > >> Google Talk: > > > >> [email protected] > > > >> AIM: > > > >> jawswizard > > > >> Skype: > > > >> jawswizard > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> On 2/4/2009 9:42 AM, Aiden Gardiner typed this E-Mail at me and said: > > > >>> Hi All, > > > >>> > > > >>> Has anyone had any luck with using mozilla thunderbird with Gmail? > > > >>> i'm thinking of switching from windows mail to use thunderbird as my > > > >>> default client, but i'm not sure what there is in the way of > > > >>> differences in the interface. Also, i've heard that thunderbird > > > >>> supports RSS feeds, if so, how is this set up? > > > >>> > > > >>> Thanks in advance > > > >>> > > > >>> Aiden > > > >>> Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > > > >>> http://www.jaws-users.com > > > >>> Visit the Blind Computing home page at: > > > >>> http://www.blind-computing.com > > > >>> Address for the list archives: > > > >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > >>> To post to this group, send email to > > > >>> [email protected] > > > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > > > >>> [email protected] > > > >>> For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the > > > >>> subject > > > >>> or body of a blank message to: > > > >>> [email protected] > > > >>> Use the following address in order to contact the management team > > > >>> [email protected] > > > >>> If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > > > >>> following address: > > > >>> [email protected] > > > >>> 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