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

From	"~misfit~" <sore_n_happy@nospamyahoo.com.au>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.laptops
Subject	Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now?
Date	2011-04-18 21:05 +1200
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Somewhere on teh intarwebs Ron wrote:
> On Apr 17, 2:26 am, BJ <backroadjun...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 15:57:33 -0700 (PDT), Ron <r...@dslnorthwest.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Perhaps I've said it before: I really hate Windows XP. I only use
>>> because it came with my Dell D610 laptop which I bought cheap. What
>>> I really HATE about XP is it's antivirus feature which occasionally
>>> kicks in to make my life a living hell.
>>
>> You got scammed, and you're trying to blame the OS?
>> That's pretty sad. Typically, it is something you did to
>> allow it to happen:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_security_software
>>
>> http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/8693/how-to-remove-antivirus-live-and-...
>>
>> BJ
>> --
>> I have nothing important to say...
>
> The OS *made* it possible, dude. Funny how this virus only runs on
> XP... Becasuse none of the past systems-- and especially a good one
> like NT-- would rely on a certain AV or firewall program only.  The
> people who made this rogue program relied on and took advantage of a
> stupid design flaw in XP. Yeah, I blame the OS and all th morons who
> made it!

Pull yer head in Ron! You can run any of about a dozen or more AV programmes 
on XP just fine. Your ignorance is what got you into this mess and it's 
stopping anyone from helping you...... Unless you're a troll?
-- 
Shaun.

"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a
monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also
into you." Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Thread

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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