Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now?

From	lmarco@panix.com (Lou Marco)
Newsgroups	comp.sys.laptops
Subject	Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now?
Date	2011-04-25 22:52 +0000
Organization	Public Access Networks Corp.
Message-ID	<ip4tvm$lhj$3@reader1.panix.com> (permalink)
References	<55a0fff7-e1b7-499f-865c-b6ee68cddc37@r4g2000prm.googlegroups.com> <iokf3r$28l$1@dont-email.me> <iom0qj$6f0$4@reader1.panix.com> <ionn5v$v0i$1@dont-email.me>

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In article <ionn5v$v0i$1@dont-email.me>,
Ryan P. <rdeletepaque@wi.rr.comm> wrote:
>
>  The vast majority of viruses and other malware are caught by opening 
>email attachments willy-nilly and visiting infected websites.
>

	Think so?  Look up the latest Adobe and image processing exploits,
check into some of the sql injection attacks that hijack trusted servers,
or think about what you can do with a hidden frame and a bit of Javascript.

>  An up-to-date malware monitor and antivirus program, not using 
>Internet Explorer, and never running as an Administrator on your system 
>for casual use is a great start.

	How do you run 2K or XP and not be administrator?  Well, I suppose
you could simply never install anything.  Or change a setting.  Or backup a
file.

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Oh, God-- What To Do Now? Ron <ryon@dslnorthwest.net> - 2011-04-16 15:57 -0700
  Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? Pen <nospam@spam.none> - 2011-04-16 19:22 -0400
    Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? Ron <ryon@dslnorthwest.net> - 2011-04-16 17:51 -0700
      Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? retsuhcs@xinap.moc (Mike S.) - 2011-04-17 01:30 +0000
      Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? Bob Villa <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> - 2011-04-17 05:47 -0700
        Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? Ron <ryon@dslnorthwest.net> - 2011-04-17 17:30 -0700
  Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? BJ <backroadjunkie@sbcglobal.net> - 2011-04-17 04:26 -0500
    Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? Ron <ryon@dslnorthwest.net> - 2011-04-17 17:22 -0700
      Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? Pen <nospam@spam.none> - 2011-04-17 20:45 -0400
      Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? "~misfit~" <sore_n_happy@nospamyahoo.com.au> - 2011-04-18 21:05 +1200
        Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? Charlie Hoffpauir <invalid@invalid.com> - 2011-04-18 11:35 -0500
      Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? lmarco@panix.com (Lou Marco) - 2011-04-20 06:55 +0000
        Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? Ron <ryon@dslnorthwest.net> - 2011-04-21 17:20 -0700
          Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? lmarco@panix.com (Lou Marco) - 2011-04-25 22:49 +0000
  Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? "Ryan P." <rdeletepaque@wi.rr.comm> - 2011-04-17 10:14 -0500
    Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? Ron <ryon@dslnorthwest.net> - 2011-04-17 17:57 -0700
      Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? "Ryan P." <rdeletepaque@wi.rr.comm> - 2011-04-18 19:10 -0500
        Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? schotty456_at_gmail_dot_com@foo.com (schotty456) - 2011-04-19 15:29 +0000
          Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? Bob Villa <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> - 2011-04-19 09:31 -0700
          Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? lmarco@panix.com (Lou Marco) - 2011-04-20 07:02 +0000
      Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-04-19 12:00 -0500
        Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? lmarco@panix.com (Lou Marco) - 2011-04-20 07:09 +0000
          Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? "Ryan P." <rdeletepaque@wi.rr.comm> - 2011-04-20 17:36 -0500
            Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? lmarco@panix.com (Lou Marco) - 2011-04-25 22:52 +0000
              Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? "Ryan P." <rdeletepaque@wi.rr.comm> - 2011-04-28 20:02 -0500
                Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? "Joel Koltner" <zapwireDASHgroups@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-02 12:49 -0700
                Proper security (Was Re: Oh, God) wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2011-05-03 20:25 +0000
                Re: Proper security (Was Re: Oh, God) Robert Sneddon <fred@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2011-05-05 13:14 +0100
      Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? lmarco@panix.com (Lou Marco) - 2011-04-20 06:58 +0000
  Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? dg <david.goodnow@gmail.com> - 2011-04-21 18:35 -0700

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