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[pct-l] email worm



Just wanted to let you know the last time(s) I installed Norton AntiVirus on
this computer it hosed my registry so badly I had to hand delete all the
Symantec and Norton stuff from the registry.  I used to swear by Norton, Now
I swear at it.

I am getting along quite nicely with out it. And I don't have any viruses! I
keep wondering, but the online virus scanners haven't found any viruses on
my computer in since I deleted Norton. I am very careful about what email I
open, and am hiding behind hardware and software firewalls.

Ken

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <pct2003@attglobal.net>
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 9:17 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] email worm


> It's worse than that.   If you are going to be
> irresponsible enough to connect a Windows PC to
> a public network, you must be responsible enough
> to install all the critical updates from
> http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
> (only the critical, not necessarily the others)
> and install antivirus software of which Norton
> and McAfee are the best known, and update it
> at least weekly (daily is better right now)
> and run a full
> system scan of all your hard drive partitions at
> least weekly.
>
> I have to change my public pct-l address frequently
> because it gets reported to spammers by worms
> that get onto unprotected computers owned by
> irresponsible pct-l members.     And so will yours,
> so I recommend using a throwaway address for
> public email lists and websites and keeping your
> real address private.
>
>
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