Subj : Re: Security Suites for c
To   : Vk3Jed
From : Atreyu
Date : Fri Aug 05 2022 08:08:59

On 05 Aug 22  19:27:00, Vk3Jed said the following to Atreyu:

V> Another advantage of this ability is that it gets better of time, one can ma
V> use of the accumulated data of decades of experience to recognise even total
V> new scams, phishing or whatever.

Some of them ARE getting creative, I'll give it that, but maybe it comes with 
being on IT for many years that one knows what to look for .... you would 
think that of all the phishing/malware scams they would at least get the 
spelling and grammar right!

V>  At> It is also not necessary to run virus protection on dedicated BBS
V>  At> computers or situations where installing software or clicking links
V>  At> just never happens. If you don't want users uploading viruses to your
V>  At> board, don't accept uploads.
V> 
V> Agree totally.  My BBS machine is Linux on ARM, so a Windows virus is nothin
V> more than a harmless bit of junk that needs to be deleted. :)  

I made the decision a long time ago that my BBS will live the rest of its days
on Windows until either I or the hardware expires.

Atreyu

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