Subj : Re: What a load of FUD about computers
To   : comp.os.linux
From : GreyBeard
Date : Mon Dec 27 2004 01:39 am

On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 17:15:33 -0800, John F. wrote:

> That is a commonly held opinion, perhaps even a fact, but my parents ran
> their computer for several years without getting attacked.  I recently
> installed a firewall and AdAware, but AdAware found only a few problems,
> mostly cookies. This could have something to do with their connection
> being dialup instead of an always-on connection, but being attacked that
> soon seems a bit far-fetched to me.

A coach with whom I study was hooked up to DSL on for 2 days and
called me in a panic as he'd managed to get viruses on the second day. 
His problem was the usual - eager novice user, always-on, Outlook Express,
auto-everything, no anti-virus.  The last two items were fatal.

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