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| From | "Thomk" <thmk@aol.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-10 |
| Subject | Re: Keeping Win 10 safe |
| Date | 2025-03-06 15:03 +0200 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <vqc6a0$3006v$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <CZecna4gKNGr0RT6nZ2dnZfqnPSdnZ2d@giganews.com> <vmbobs.ssk.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> <92qjoj5gs6h70cebs2mg01f115sepaqrfu@4ax.com> |
"Steve Hayes" <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> kirjoitti viestissä news:92qjoj5gs6h70cebs2mg01f115sepaqrfu@4ax.com... > On 16 Jan 2025 18:57:58 GMT, Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> > wrote: > > > FYI, there are several people in these Windows newsgroups who still > >run Windows XP and 7 (and probably some running 8.1 and even Vista) and > >who get by with practicing safe hex and optional malware protection. > > Yes, I'm still running XP. and a lot of more recently devised things > for "keeping computing safe" are counter-productive. For example, 99% > of the web sites I visit warn me that their certificates have expired, > or are for a different site. When "safety" features cry "Wolf" like > that they tend to be routinely ignored. > > But there are old-fashioned elementary precautions one can take that > are far more effective. For example, I practise safe hex by only > allowing plain text email messages. That means that 80% of the "Click > Here" links in phishing messages don't work at all, and the others can > be dealt with by hovering the cursor over the link and seeing that it > doesn't match the pretended link. > > > -- > Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa > Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm > Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com > E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk And I'm still running Me.
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Keeping Win 10 safe Bennett Price <bjprice@cal.berkeley.edu> - 2025-01-16 10:13 -0800
Re: Keeping Win 10 safe Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-16 18:57 +0000
Re: Keeping Win 10 safe Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2025-01-16 15:02 -0600
Re: Keeping Win 10 safe Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-01-17 07:31 +0200
Re: Keeping Win 10 safe "Thomk" <thmk@aol.com> - 2025-03-06 15:03 +0200
Re: Keeping Win 10 safe Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-16 17:20 -0500
Re: Keeping Win 10 safe "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-16 23:37 +0100
Re: Keeping Win 10 safe Head of Cyber Security <security@cyber-security.com> - 2025-01-17 01:17 +0000
Re: Keeping Win 10 safe Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-17 08:55 -0500
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