Re: So, let's have fun and infect Paul Boutin...

["Larry Seltzer" <larry () larryseltzer com>]

It amazes me how in this day and age so many people place so low a value
in their own time and trouble on security. I get a lot of resistance
among Windows users to the idea of running as standard user because they
might have to enter admin credentials now and then. Not as bad as
telling people to disable AV though.

 

Larry Seltzer
Contributing Editor, PC Magazine

larry_seltzer () ziffdavis com 

http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/

 

From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org]
On Behalf Of Alex Eckelberry
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 2:22 PM
To: Funsec
Subject: [funsec] So, let's have fun and infect Paul Boutin...

 

(just kidding, just kidding!)  

 

But there's one point made in this article about speeding up Vista which
is idiotic

 

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20090521/ARTICLE/905209946/2410/FEA
TURES?Title=Wring-a-bit-more-speed-from-Vista#

 

* Uninstall your anti-virus software. I'm serious. Symantec Norton 360
spent so much time trying to protect me from problems I don't have that
it dragged my Toshiba's performance to a crawl. So I uninstalled it.
Instant speed boost.

 

 

 

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