On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 15:23:23 -0400 JoeHill disseminated the following: > > dumb question #8765432: > > I haven't used IE while online in years, but do have it installed > > just to check that my webpages load correctly innit. So... if I do > > occasionally go online on the winxp side (but with the Mozilla or N7 > > browser) and I don't have IE on "quickstart" or anything, is there > > any reason at all I should download the xp update? > > Well, all I can say is, my wife's machine is a default install of XP, has been > for a few years, and we've never had a virus, worm, or otherwise. The only > thing protecting the box is my firewall (BBIAgent) and AVG, a free anti-virus > app. She uses IE, Outlook Express, and has no problems.
I should have mentioned, said wife is a *very light user*, spending much less than an hour per day on the machine, and that the firewall is a *real* firewall, not some crap like ZoneAlarm or BlackIce. -- JoeHill RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 16:16:38 up 5 days, 15:58, 9 users, load average: 0.84, 0.66, 0.49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "True communication is possible only between equals, because inferiors are more consistently rewarded for telling their superiors pleasant lies than for telling the truth." -- The SNAFU Principle
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