Hallo Steve,
On Mon, 10 Apr 2000 07:40:33 -0700 GMT (10.04.2000, 22:40 +0800 GMT),
Steve Lamb wrote:
>> Had a virus before. Been there. Don't need it again. ;-)
SL> So did I. In my ~14 years of computing I've had 1 virus sent to me
SL> through Fido-Net netmail and one I caught, I think, from a disgruntled
SL> coworker who was giving me some files before I left the company. In the first
SL> case it never got to infect since it was such a lame attempt at an attack it
SL> wasn't even funny. "Here, run this!" Small 2k .COM file. Yeah, right. In
SL> the latter case it was an annoyance and didn't spread. Had it cleaned up in
SL> less than 20 minutes.
I had some kind of boot sector virus a couple of years back. Never
noticed it until I spread it to someone with AV software. By then it
was all over the LAN. :-( Made it policy to use AV software in the
office (someone else might spread a more malicious virus), as well as
for myself at home.
SL> It is fairly trivial to avoid viruses.
Of course. But I cannot avoid opening Excel and Word files, part of my
job.
SL> IE, in three words (well, four): I'm computer savvy.
You are lucky. I don't expect that from my co-workers, though.
SL> To me having a virus checker running constantly would be pissing me off.
SL> In fact, at work, where it is policy, it does piss me off.
So, how much does it really slow down your work? Or is it more a
matter of principle?
SL> The mere fact you're running TB! cuts down your possibility of
SL> being hit by one and being a vector of one a large amount.
Right. :-)
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