*hah* hope he doesn't donate it to the local church....
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From: "Wayne Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "The Hardware List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 5:47 AM
Subject: Re: [SPAM SUSPECT] [H] Temp files and viruses
At 08:19 AM 7/21/2006, Chris Reeves typed:
Wiping all temporary directories seldom removes all virus
I just had a client's wife call me wanting to know if I'd buy back a
3yr old machine. It seems that hubby can't stay away from prOn sites
& will not pay the subscription fee for AV updates so the machine is
constantly fubarred. They've already spent twice as much as the
machine cost initially having me wipe & reload Xp many times. In his
case dumping the TIF [temporary internet files] does alleviate about
half of the bugs but no where near all of them. They live out in the
boonies so their only internet connection is via dialup. YUCK ! I
suppose they could've bought an SMC router that also does dialup if
they even still make them. FWIW I told her that unless she wanted to
donate it that it wasn't worth my time. Heck it was a minimal machine
3yrs ago so I know there isn't much that could be salvaged so I told
her to donate it to charity & take a tax write off. I actually feel
better because that guy shouldn't be spending so much time away from
his family playing with himself.
If people are behind a router & they aren't shooting themselves in
the foot by launching attachments that they shouldn't then clearing
the TIFs is of very little benefit. As Chris said it saves time on
virus scans or even searches if it is cleared out but if I were on
dialup I surely wouldn't want to wait that extra time waiting for
graphics to load because they weren't in the cache.
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Wayne D. Johnson
Ashland, OH, USA 44805
<http://www.wavijo.com>
