[Shotimes] OT- (computer stuf)

[Paul Nimz]

> Only a good AV will stop it.

Not quite right sir.

You guys are mesmerized by the marketing gurus of AV software companies.
I'm no newbie to this stuff and have no problems.  Then again I do not have
a network or cable internet or wireless internet.  With all the virii and
worms that are imbedded in email and web sites if I were vulnerable I would
be toast.

Check out http://grc.com/xpdite/xpdite.htm and see how you rate.  I pas
100%.

Paul Nimz
'97 TR
'93 EG mtx


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "sho2go" <srfdude@cox.net>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 11:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] OT- (computer stuf)


> You guys need to trim some of the dozen or so messages on the bottom.
>  I get over 100 emails daily, some occasionally have a virus.  Norton
> immediately quarantines it.  You may think your firewall protects you
100%;
> not so.  If you query a web site, it will reply.  If it sends you a virus,
> what then?  Only a good AV will stop it.  Norton works in several ways,
one
> is to prevent the virus from accessing the boot sector, etc. if it is a
new
> one.  If its one it knows it stops it immediately.  I'm sure others will
do
> the same thing, just familiar with NAV.
> Mike
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Paul Nimz" <niks@dialnetwork.com>
> To: "Carl Prochilo" <gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org>
> Cc: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 8:50 AM
> Subject: [Shotimes] OT- (computer stuf)
>
>
> > Huh? Unless it is new to Norton. Or a uniquely new form of virus.  What
> will
> > Norton do then?
> >
> > Shut the door and don't let them in.  This is on my personal computer.
> How
> > am I going to get a virus with email protection and a fire wall?  I
don't
> > swap floppies nor other dubious software.  Been without Norton or any
> other
> > reactive AV for three years now.  I get over 200 emails a day and am on
> the
> > internet at least 4 hour every day.  To me this proves to me that what I

> use
> > works.  How many people do you know that have AV protection and still
get
> a
> > virus?
> >
> > Paul Nimz
> > '97 TR
> > '93 EG mtx
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