> 0-day virus = virus which is propagating before your (or any) antivirus can detect it. > It happens every day.
Yeah, and given that most new virii are deployed by some bored little computer geek in the ass-end of East Asia the major antivirus companies can usually catch the thing before anything becomes too serious. I'm sorry I've the lost the plot here...what are you bleating on about? Are you saying that I should never turn on my computer? I know enough to protect my computer, know enough about how virii are transmitted and 99% of the time it is enough to keep my computer secure until the antivirus CAN detect it. And I'm sorry, if you're stupid enough to open an attachment in an e-mail from somebody you don't know, written in ridiculously poor English with a file extension reported as system-level or simply don't know what it is then you deserve everything you get when you get infected. Harsh I know but I grow tired of widespread infection caused by people don't use common sense or care to read up a little (and I don't mean research and in-depth learning). >> No, but a complete reformat and reinstall will ;) > And how long until another 0-day will infect you? And again I say are you suggesting I never turn my computer on? The risk of viral infection is part of every day life. I know enough to protect myself and I have accepted it. If I get infected from something unknown then my firewall will keep prevent my machine from passing things on. If the virus disables my firewall then I will turn the machine off. This is not exactly end of the world material is it? And if something end of the world comes along (like some kind of platform-independant, uber-MS.Blaster which can dynamically spoof itself as legitimate traffic into your web browser, create a copy of itself on the fly, disable all protection systems and then run all manner of system-level processes to turn your hard drive into strawberry trifle before copying itself back out again) then we're all gonna be fooked. Only then will I worry about virii. And unless you've played Uplink by Introversion Software (*strongly* recommended if you like Hollywood hacking movies) I think the chances of that are slim. >From some of the stuff I have read on your website you obviously have a brain. I suggest you use it. > I won't answer any more mails on this Why not? You waded in here with the whole "oh my god! computer virii should be feared and the end is nigh (but only if you use Windows)" melodrama, throw piecemeal return arguments which do nothing to further your viewpoint and now you're just shutting up the moment I counter-comment? Tell you what, convince me you're not a troll and I won't ask Her Divine Moderatorness to ban your sorry ass. And to the rest of the list, my sincerest apologies for deviating from our normal tone - it's been a bad weekend. MOU ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
