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Caution re Avast antivirus
"XS11E" wrote in message
... Char Jackson wrote: The two attitudes expressed above Make that three attitudes. hundreds of millions of personal computers are sitting there, waiting for instructions from a kid in an IRC channel somewhere to participate in a DDOS attack or spam relay or whatever. Some people don't seem to realize that it's the computer itself, along with it's Internet access, that some of the bad guys are after. Almost any AV will protect against that as will regular scans with some malware detector however the main defense against such is an educated user and that's just not going to happen. -- XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/ That is how I look at it. I use a firewall and AV which is regularly updated and run. There is always a few "experts" who will tell me that none of it is good enough and I "need" to stand on my head, on the roof, waving my hands around while holding an a special wire hanger to really be "secure". Hell if it makes them happy they are welcome to it, I have better things to do with my free time. When the world comes to an end it will of course all be my fault because I refused to listen to their dire warnings. shrug -- There are two kinds of people in the electorate: People who remember how horrible the Jimmy Carter years were; and those who are about to find out. |
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Caution re Avast antivirus
"XS11E" wrote in message
... "Alex Clayton" wrote: So if someone hacks into my computer I could really care less. I care a whole bunch, what if someone hacks into my financial information and logs on to my utility account and gasp! PAYS MY BILL? I have to agree with you, there's a hint of paranoia about computer security from people who will dine in a restaurant and give the waiter their credit card and cheerfully watch him disappear with it...... -- XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/ LOL. I still get a big kick out of that one. I am a BIG, and I do mean big fan of online shopping. I never have enjoyed shopping and as I have gotten older I get less and less tolerant of it. UPS and FedEx drivers know me well. G I always get a laugh out of people telling me they will not do that because they are scared of using their CC on line. When you tell them the banks use the same interned to send info to each other they just give you a blank stare. These same people would call the bank and give their personal info out over the old analog cell phones though even after being shown that any one could buy a scanner that could listen to them. Then there was the sending a check out in the mail. Did they never stop to think of who could see those account #s?? One of the better ones I have seen is the people who have their drivers license # printed on the check . I saw a girl who worked as a cashier checking out at the store she worked at one day and the clerk saying "well I was always curious about how old you were". She had a worried look on her face so he showed her how in this state part of the number shows your date of birth. Now she really looked horrified. Probably went home and tossed all her checks and ordered new ones. -- To err is human..... But to blame someone else shows management potential. |
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Caution re Avast antivirus
On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:20:25 -0700, XS11E
wrote: Char Jackson wrote: The two attitudes expressed above Make that three attitudes. hundreds of millions of personal computers are sitting there, waiting for instructions from a kid in an IRC channel somewhere to participate in a DDOS attack or spam relay or whatever. Some people don't seem to realize that it's the computer itself, along with it's Internet access, that some of the bad guys are after. Almost any AV will protect against that as will regular scans with some malware detector however the main defense against such is an educated user and that's just not going to happen. I agree that it's fairly easy to avoid the major dangers, but most people are too ignorant or lazy to do even the simplest of steps, so your last line above is prophetic: it's just not going to happen, with 'it' being computer security, of course. Too many people just don't care. -- Char Jackson |
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