Re: OFF TOPIC: Antivirus software for Windows

[Judith Davidsen jdavidsen@xxxxxxxx]

Rene--

I've never had a virus either, but I do know people who have
gone through hell with them during the past year or so, and
in order to earn a living I have to open attachments, often
from addresses I don't recognize--source A promises to email
photos and then delegates the job to agency B, which
delegates the job to photo house C, and then they all get
fired, and X, Y and Z come on board, but that doesn't work
out so somebody's nephew does it from home. Plus, I am
plagued by curiousity, can't stand missing a joke, am mildly
paranoid and no matter how hard I try can't seem to delete
the panic factor from the jobs I handle. And while I don't
use Internet Explorer or Outlook express, that doesn't mean
I'm incapable of the ocassional stupidity.

I hope you will be able to be indulgent.

Judith Davidsen

"Yo Intl. YK" wrote:
>
> Am I the only one getting tired of these endless "virus" and "antivirus"
> discussion?
> I do not have an AV program, and I do not have a virus. In fact, I have not
> seen a real virus since the old DOS days when there critters like boot
> sector virii that came on floppies.
>
> What the media today misleadingly calls "virus" are not virii at all, but
> simply attachments that come by e-mail and do damage on computers when
> people run them. I think the proper term is "Trojans".
> So, just don´t run the damned things! That is all it takes. And do not run
> around and complain if you stupidly use software that automatically runs
> them (such as Microsoft OE with preview switched on).
> What a meaningless hype. Sheesh!
>
> Had to get that off my chest...
>
> -- Rene von Rentzell, Tokyo (rrr @ twics.com)
> -- "The power of accurate observation is commonly called
> -- cynicism by those who have not got it." - George Bernard Shaw