*slaps self on wrist* I normally run with an admin account (I'm also behind a hardware firewall/router which I'm sure helps). There are a lot of things I do that require admin access and I get sicker of having to authenticate every few minutes than you guys do of hearing IBOC hash. ;) I haven't suffered much from viruses, although I'm starting to get a little suspicious as sometimes I'll see hard drive activity even when I'm not sitting at my computer. (It could be caused, though, by the fact that I often intentionally have so many things running simultaneously that my pagefile USAGE is upwards of 1.5 to 3 times the CAPACITY of my physical RAM! (I have 4 GB, but 32-bit windows only addresses 3 GB.))
________________________________ From: Nick Hall-Patch <[email protected]> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 1:32 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] (OT) Spam Just out of interest, how many users of Windows normally run their computer using a limited or standard account rather than using administrator privileges, and how many of those limited users have suffered from viruses etc.? Thanks, and sorry for OT. best wishes, Nick At 21:09 28-01-12, you wrote: > Back up everything you want to see again and do it often. As I told Paul > off-list, I got hit with a virus or something from one of those mouse-over > things on a legitimate site about 3 years ago and lost my hard drive. Because > I was well- and recently-backed up, I lost only a few files. But getting the > hard drive replaced wasn't fun at all. > > > Russ Edmunds > 15 mi NNW of Philadelphia > Grid FN20id > <[email protected]> > FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'; Grundig G8 > AM: Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected] _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
