It all depends I guess. I'm one of those idiots that goes without a virus scanner, and I haven't been infected in 4-5 years now. The last time I was infected, I was running an updated virus scanner, but the virus I got hit with wasn't in the definitions yet. At this point, I don't see it as being required, most viruses are pretty easy to spot a mile away.
That being said, I don't open crap people send me. That, and staying updated and running a relatively secure W2K box, is the key in my mind. Mike Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > O No, This day and age your machine will not run long without it. Or > you are sending a lot of messages or private info without it!!! Hope > they all learn and get a virus protection ;o) > > > > Hi Kim, > > > > > This message was actually sent from an external IP not me.. > > > Our operations team is investigating.... > > > > Yeah I know it most likely did not come from you the way Klez > > forges the sending address but it was also a heads up to anyone > > reading the list without any virus checking on their computers. > > > > (Yes I DO know people that STILL don't run a virus checker on their > > PCs) -- I used to be indecisive, now I'm not so sure.
