I agree with you that it will never be perfect, but I bet, like most things, a small amount of prevention will prevent a huge amount of problems.
AOL seems to start a scan of your system as soon as you log in. While this may be annoying, I bet it cuts down on a lot of it's traffic, particularly with the dial-up customers. --- Mike Wohlrab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The company that my father works for has implemented > a feature, if that's what > you want to call it, on all the work computers that > whenever they have an > internet connection it checks for updates, and they > cannot choose what updates > they want or don't want. My dad got stuck once > downloading couple hundred meg of > updates on a "high speed" dialup connection of > 15kb/s. I have also heard of some > networks that will refuse users onto the internet > connection unless they have > all windows updates. > > It will never work for one reason: for every wall > that you build, there will > always be two people that will figure out how to get > under, over, to the sides, > or through that wall. So therefore, just refuse > people on to the internet no > matter what updates they have, and we will then have > a more secure faster > internet connection. > > Computer Technology Solutions > Mike Wohlrab > President > 585-944-3823 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.MikeWohlrab.com > FTP://MikeWohlrab.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Vince Teachout > Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 4:50 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [NF] Secure computers > > A nice concept, but I don't think it's workable. > The ISP would be > better off implementing the strongest virus > scanners, etc on their own > servers. > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
