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Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome? Lion?

From Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome? Lion?
Date 2012-04-09 21:41 -0400
Organization Ain’t No Organization Here!
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On 04-09-2012 15:33, Alan Browne wrote:
> I don't know of anyone who defrags anymore.  A few years ago an IT guy
> asked me if I wanted him to defrag my desktop HD to help speed it up.  I
> looked at him in bemused wonder.  He said he knew it didn't really help
> but so many people ask him to do it for them that he just does it so
> they feel he's "doing something" for them to help speed up their
> machines.  I told him to stop defragging company machines as it was a
> resource waste.

I have unmistakeable evidence on XP and 2000 machines at work and my 
parents' XP that defragmentation makes a big difference on machines
that are full enough and have lots of very large files that change.

True, if there is lots of empty space and most files are small, then 
defragging doesn't buy much.

-- 
Wes Groleau

   Pat's Polemics
   http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/barrett

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Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-04-07 09:43 -0400
  Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2012-04-07 08:30 -0700
    Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-04-07 11:46 -0400
      Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2012-04-07 09:04 -0700
        Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-04-07 13:59 -0400
          Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? *Hemidactylus* <ecphoric@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-07 18:43 -0400
            Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-04-07 23:01 -0400
              Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? *Hemidactylus* <ecphoric@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-07 23:26 -0400
                Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-04-08 14:14 -0400
              Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-08 14:12 +0200
              Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-04-09 16:36 -0400
    Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Kurt Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> - 2012-04-07 12:05 -0400
      Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2012-04-07 09:07 -0700
        Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> - 2012-04-07 22:32 -0700
          Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2012-04-08 23:01 +1200
  Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-04-07 08:59 -0700
    Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-04-07 13:56 -0400
      Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-04-07 11:18 -0700
        Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2012-04-08 10:17 +1200
          Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2012-04-07 19:53 -0400
            Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-04-07 23:04 -0400
              Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2012-04-07 23:40 -0400
                Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2012-04-08 16:32 +1200
                Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-04-08 14:18 -0400
                Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2012-04-08 17:40 -0400
                Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-04-08 19:56 -0400
                Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2012-04-08 22:36 -0400
                Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-04-09 00:32 -0400
                Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-09 09:21 +0200
                Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-04-09 11:37 -0400
                Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2012-04-09 14:48 -0400
                Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-04-09 15:33 -0400
                Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-04-09 21:41 -0400
                Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-04-10 17:36 -0400
                Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-04-10 23:15 -0400
                Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-04-09 21:42 -0400
                Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-04-09 21:37 -0400
                Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-04-10 17:35 -0400
                Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-04-10 23:19 -0400
                Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-11 10:40 +0200
                Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-04-10 17:36 -0400
        Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-04-08 09:07 -0400
  Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? *Hemidactylus* <ecphoric@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-07 19:05 -0400
    Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-04-08 00:24 +0100
    Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2012-04-08 16:32 +1200
  Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Rob Friefeld <someone@verizon.net> - 2012-04-08 10:59 -0700
    Re: Does the Flashback trojan affect Chrome?  Lion? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-04-09 16:26 -0400

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