Hello Allie,

On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 11:03:23 -0500 GMT (06/11/2004, 23:03 +0700 GMT),
Allie Martin wrote:

AM> If you exclude the TB! directory and temp files, then still enabling the
AM> realtime scan wouldn't be a useless combination. Attempting to open or
AM> save an infected attachment to disk would trigger the realtime scanner.

AM> That's better than a completely manual approach. It's not useless.

OK, I didn't think about the opening right out of TB, because I don't
do that anymore. But you are right, changing my habits would make
things even easier this way.

AM> IMO, in order of effectiveness and convenience:

Agreed. I'll wait for that plug-in for PCC though, because it is a very
good virus and trojan scanner.

>> Do they know how tedious it is to reinstall everything from backup?
>> ;-)

AM> I'm referring to those who don't have to worry about viruses, like Mac
AM> and Linux users. 

I misunderstood. I thought you were talking about Windows users who
don't use any such protection at all, causing all of us receiving the
malware over and over again.

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