"Secure" is a relative term, but yes, the correct order was indeed to get the AV software up and running prior to connection to the network, and then start the updates. It was a painful lesson, one that keeps me nervous when I am warned up front that I must turn the AV software off. Obviously, that means being off the network when using that application.
Cheers, David On 2, Feb 2011, at 11:09 AM, Robert Jasiek wrote: > On 02.02.2011 17:52, David Doshay wrote: >> The last time I bought a Windows box it was infected before I finished >> downloading the > > updates to the OS from Microsoft. It was a pain to get that straightened > > out. > > The correct order is to first make Windows and the harddisk secure, only then > connect to the internet (for downloading the updates or whatever). > > -- > robert jasiek > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > [email protected] > http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
