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Re: Dumb users spread viruses
From: "Tom (UnitedLayer)" <tom () unitedlayer com>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 12:47:08 -0800 (PST)
On 8 Feb 2004, Paul Vixie wrote:
In this past year's tour of my friends and family, I've taken to removing their antivirus software at the same time I remove their spyware, and I've taken to installing Mozilla (with its IMAP client) as a way to keep the machine from having any dependency on anti-virus software.
A friend of mine did that for his mom's law office about 4-5 years ago. Instead of MS Word + Outlook, they used Word Perfect and Eudora. They've never had a macro virus or email virus outbreak, and so far have managed to stay fairly virus free. I don't think not having MS Word or Outlook have slowed them down in the least.
Current thread:
- Re: Dumb users spread viruses, (continued)
- Re: Dumb users spread viruses Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino (Feb 08)
- Re: Dumb users spread viruses Todd Vierling (Feb 08)
- Re: Dumb users spread viruses Paul Vixie (Feb 09)
- Re: Dumb users spread viruses Niels Bakker (Feb 09)
- Re: Dumb users spread viruses Roland Perry (Feb 09)
- Re: Dumb users spread viruses Todd Vierling (Feb 09)
- Re: Dumb users spread viruses John Payne (Feb 09)
- Re: Dumb users spread viruses JC Dill (Feb 09)
- Re: Dumb users spread viruses Mike Jezierski - BOFH (Feb 09)
- Re: Dumb users spread viruses Robert Boyle (Feb 09)
- Re: Dumb users spread viruses Tom (UnitedLayer) (Feb 09)
- Re: Dumb users spread viruses Eric A. Hall (Feb 09)
- Re: Dumb users spread viruses John Payne (Feb 09)
- Network and security experts (was Re: Dumb users spread viruses) Sean Donelan (Feb 09)
- Re: Network and security experts (was Re: Dumb users spread viruses) Kevin Oberman (Feb 09)
- Re: Network and security experts (was Re: Dumb users spread viruses) doug (Feb 09)
- Re: Network and security experts (was Re: Dumb users spread viruses) Wayne E. Bouchard (Feb 09)
- Re: Network and security experts (was Re: Dumb users spread viruses) Valdis . Kletnieks (Feb 09)
- Re: Network and security experts (was Re: Dumb users spread viruses) Steven M. Bellovin (Feb 09)