[Shotimes] Re: OT- (computer stuf)
Carl Prochilo
gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org
Fri, 21 Nov 2003 10:35:22 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
Huh? Isn't that what I said? I don't see not running an antivirus
program as an option. NAV has a realtime protection mechanism.
--
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
1992 Ultra Red Crimson
Paul Nimz said:
> Personally I would rather spend my time and money preventing virus
> problems
> than fixing them. Why rely on products that fix your sick computer if you
> can take measures and not become infected in the first place?
>
> Paul Nimz
> '97 TR
> '93 EG mtx
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carl Prochilo" <gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org>
> To: "James White" <greensho@crown.net>
> Cc: "Paul Nimz" <niks@dialnetwork.com>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 7:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] OT (computer stuf)
>
>
>> Jim, Ron gave you a good way to look at this. NAV being owned by
>> Symantec has a very good support structure. That's what you really want
>> to look for. The whole virus world is reactive in nature and you can't
>> really stop this stuff before it happens, but when it does, you want
>> someone there to code a def file so that you can protect your sytem. So
>> for all intents and purposes, these programs (McAfee, etc) to me are
>> fairly equal but are an absolute necessity in today's world.
>>
>> As for LINUX, I know a lot of people that swear by it and really no one
>> that swears at it. But its use is going to limited in my view to server
>> based work at this point and not as a replacement for the Windows
>> client.
>> For instance, a buddy of mine has a LINUX box in his house that is used
>> for file and web serving that he does virtually no maintenance to. But
>> client apps are pretty much all written for Windoze because it is
>> ubiquitous.
>>
>> If you follow the type of approach I outlined earlier to protect your
>> PC,
>> that is a good model to insure no issues will befall you.
>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Carl Prochilo
>> 1992 Ultra Red Crimson
>>
>> James White said:
>> > I have always thought that anything MicroSoft was all anchor and
>> bloat!
>> >
>> > The old Atari did a lot with only 1/100 of the memory and wabout
>> 1/1000
> of
>> > the disk storage space. Old dos (not even Windows) was sorta' OK.
>> >
>> > Was happy with non-Windows dos, but they fixed what wasn't broken...
>> >
>> > Is Linux any better?
>> >
>> > Or maybe they "fixed" that too?
>> >
>> > regards, Jim White - greensho@crown.net
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Paul Nimz" <niks@dialnetwork.com>
>> > To: "Carl Prochilo" <gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org>; "Midwest SHO
>> > Specialists" <SHOtimes@midwestsho.com>
>> > Cc: "James White" <greensho@crown.net>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
>> > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 12:37 AM
>> > Subject: Re: [Shotimes] OT (computer stuf)
>> >
>> >
>> >> NA isn't anything but an anchor and bloat. IMHO
>> >>
>> >> Paul Nimz
>> >> '97 TR
>> >> '93 EG mtx
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Carl Prochilo" <gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org>
>> >> To: "Midwest SHO Specialists" <SHOtimes@midwestsho.com>
>> >> Cc: "James White" <greensho@crown.net>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
>> >> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 12:39 PM
>> >> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] OT (computer stuf)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > Yes, those are good, but you also need something like Norton
> Antivirus
>> >> > too. What I normally have on my machines are:
>> >> >
>> >> > Hardware Router (Linksys, Netgear, etc)
>> >> > Norton Antivirus
>> >> > Zone Alarm Pro (actually Zone Labs Integrity Client)
>> >> > Adaware
>> >> > Spybot
>> >> >
>> >> > These together seem reasonably good at securing a machine.
>> >> > --
>> >> > Cheers,
>> >> > Carl Prochilo
>> >> > 1992 Ultra Red Crimson
>> >> >
>> >> > Midwest SHO Specialists said:
>> >> > > I run Ad Aware and Zone alarm. Neither stop spam email, but they
> do
>> >> block
>> >> > > pop ups.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > ~ Mike
>> >> > >
>> >> > >
>> >> > > ----- Original Message -----
>> >> > > From: "James White" <greensho@crown.net>
>> >> > > To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
>> >> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 9:07 PM
>> >> > > Subject: [Shotimes] OT (computer stuf)
>> >> > >
>> >> > >
>> >> > >> Didn't think that this was Spam..., but speaking of Spam, I got
>> a
>> >> > >> program
>> >> > >> from a friend/customer called SpyBot. Think that it prevents
>> >> > >> information
>> >> > > on
>> >> > >> me from being sent out about me, and this will, maybe, reduce
>> the
>> > Spam.
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> Is it worth the time to run it?
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> And time is what I don't have. The '95MTX SHO still has the
>> idle
>> >> > >> problem.
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> And this crap-top still won't fax. I want to reformat the whole
>> > thing,
>> >> > > but
>> >> > >> want to keep the saved email from this list and a several
>> hundred
>> > sent
>> >> > >> faxes, from when the fax program worked, but I haven't a clue as
>> >> how
>> > to
>> >> > >> do
>> >> > >> that and don't have the time to learn how. Would OS/2 be
>> better?
>> > How
>> >> > > about
>> >> > >> Linux?
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> Working a 80 hour week, just to keep this rotten job...
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> regards, Jim White - greensho@crown.net
>> >> > >> Valparaiso, Indiana
>> >> > >> '93 5 SPEED 282k few mods
>> >> > >> '95 5 SPEED 265k lots of mods
>> >> > >> "double clutch" it's good for both you and your SHO
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> > >> From: "Midwest SHO Specialists" <SHOtimes@midwestsho.com>
>> >> > >> To: "V6&V8SHO SHOCAGO" <slightlyhigheroutput@hotmail.com>;
>> >> > >> <shotimes@autox.team.net>
>> >> > >> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 8:11 PM
>> >> > >> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] SHOFAST Performance Gen 2 ATX
>> Transmission
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> > Welcome to the list Jon... It's best to stick around and post
>> > awhile
>> >> > >> before
>> >> > >> > you start spamming.
>> >> > >> >
>> >> > >> > :-)
>> >> > >> >
>> >> > >> > ~ Mike
>> >> > >> >
>> >> > >> > Midwest SHO
>> >> > >> > www.midwestsho.com
>> >> > >> > Sales@Midwestsho.com
>> >> > >> > ----- Original Message -----
>> >> > >> > From: "V6&V8SHO SHOCAGO" <slightlyhigheroutput@hotmail.com>
>> >> > >> > To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
>> >> > >> > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 7:24 PM
>> >> > >> > Subject: [Shotimes] SHOFAST Performance Gen 2 ATX Transmission
>> >> > >> >
>> >> > >> >
>> >> > >> > > Hello! Newbie to the shotimes list. Name is Jon
> Martinucci,
>> >> I
>> >> > >> own
>> >> > > a
>> >> > >> 93
>> >> > >> > > Black metallic ATX SHO. Current Staff member of SHOCAGO, and
>> a
>> >> > >> member
>> >> > >> with
>> >> > >> > > SHOFORUM.
>> >> > >> > >
>> >> > >> > > I want to express my experiance to everyone about SHOFAST
>> >> > >> PERFORMANCE.
>> >> > >> > >
>> >> > >> > > I got my car from SHOFAST 3 days ago with their built up Gen
>> 2
>> > ATX
>> >> > >> > > transmission and I must say it is the best trans my car has
>> >> ever
>> >> > >> seen.
>> >> > >> The
>> >> > >> > > 2-3 shift is as firm as the 1-2. The firmness is solid and
> dead
>> > on
>> >> > > every
>> >> > >> > > time. Feels like im getting pushed in the bumper every 2-3
>> >> shift.
>> >> > >> The
>> >> > >> > drive
>> >> > >> > > back from Cincy to Chicago was great and damn does their
>> >> SHOFAST
>> >> > > torque
>> >> > >> > > convertor have great lockup.
>> >> > >> > >
>> >> > >> > > The cost is very competitive with other performance
>> >> transmissions
>> >> > > which
>> >> > >> is
>> >> > >> > > why I choose to go with them. And the time and service was
>> >> great.
>> >> > > Brad
>> >> > >> > the
>> >> > >> > > owner of SHOFAST promised the car to be finished within a
>> week
>> > and
>> >> > >> it
>> >> > >> was
>> >> > >> > > done in a week.
>> >> > >> > >
>> >> > >> > > I am also in the works of setting up a date to do full
>> >> suspension
>> >> > >> upgrade
>> >> > >> > > along with bigger brakes at SHOFAST for the convention.
>> >> > >> > >
>> >> > >> > > With all the troubles with SHOSHOP its good to see a vendor
>> on
>> > the
>> >> > > right
>> >> > >> > > track.
>> >> > >> > >
>> >> > >> > > Not to many people know about SHOFAST and niether did I till
>> I
>> >> heard
>> >> > >> about
>> >> > >> > > them from a freind. They offer high quality of service and I
>> > would
>> >> > > refer
>> >> > >> > > others to them due to my excellent experiance.
>> >> > >> > >
>> >> > >> > > I believe there website is
>> http://www.shofastperformance.com/
>> >> > >> > >
>> >> > >> > > End
>> >> > >> > >
>> >> > >> > > Jon Martinucci
>> >> > >> > > SHOCAGO.com STAFF
>> >> > >> > >
>> >> > >> > >
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