Hi Spike, Thursday, March 6, 2003, 3:40:11 PM, you wrote:
S> I volunteer in a computer recycling effort here, so I never have less S> than 30-40 systems just lying around. I'll readily admit this is a S> luxury some cannot afford. Almost everyone I know has at least one S> 'old system' lying around, and I happily set them up a sacrificial S> system if the wish to avoid the performance penalties of A/V software S> on their everyday machine. That plus education is the best defense. As a serious point, if you upgrade to a new computer/build a new one, whatever, it's always worth considering keeping it as a solely Internet computer/sheepdip computer (sheepdip as in put your AntiVirus there and nothing goes to other computers without being checked first, etc.). If something does get through it will only infect that computer. If you then network them, but disallowing all folders except one (which you put cleared files into) you can be very safe. You can also use this computer as a proxy mail server and collect your mail from it after it's been sanitised. And it won't make your Internet experience any slower - speed depends upon connection and the speed of Internet hops and the target site. It makes using TB an even nicer experience ;-) (Not particularly aimed at you Spike as you obviously have lots of experience). -- Best regards, Mike ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
