...pass it on - snopes verified cya --------------- BIG virus coming I checked with Norton Anti-Virus, and they are gearing up for this... and get burned by a bonafide virus. People will never learn where some ...> excellent at catching any crap that comes in. Just my two cents plain. ... was list in snopes as "Real virus" without reading the whole article. apparently ...

...pass it on - snopes verified cya --------------- BIG virus coming I checked with Norton Anti-Virus, and they are gearing up for this...hoaxes and get burned by a bonafide virus. People will never learn where some ... still ignore the admonishment to scan their email for viruses as they come in. Aside from the ... excellent at catching any crap that comes in. Just my two cents plain....

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... is script blocking. With script blocking, there's no reason to run anti-virus programs for Web surfing. Also, if one uses linux text clients for Mail and News as ghod intended, there won't be any virus danger either. I would also suggest that web users check out www.OpenDNS.org to put some control back into what comes into your computer via your web browser.

...But the main thing that will prevent you from downloading malicious files from Web sites is script blocking. With script blocking, there's no reason to run anti-virus programs for Web surfing. Also, if one uses linux text clients for Mail and News as ghod intended, there won't be any virus danger either.

... DeSavage <allegro6192@comcast.net> wrote: It's ironic that as we discuss viruses, one invaded my computer last night. As good as anti-virus software can be, some viruses can slip by. Somehow I stumbled in a site that managed to sneak in a trojan that would constantly throw a popup telling me I have a virus and to download their software (at $39) to get rid of it....

... a stop to that real quick cya It's ironic that as we discuss viruses, one invaded my computer last night. As good as anti-virus software can be, some viruses can slip by. Somehow I stumbled in a site that managed to sneak in a trojan that would constantly throw a popup telling me I have a virus and to download their software (at $39) to get rid of it. ...

... seeing it was list in snopes as "Real virus" without reading the whole article. apparently the hoax ...>http://free.grisoft.com/ww.download-avg-anti-virus-free-edition cya I'll revise my statement ...a very limited basis where anything I send is virus scanned and safe. My SHORT list of friends ... to prevent your computer from being raped by viruses, Norton itself does the same thing big time....

"Robert DeSavage" <allegro6192@comcast.net> wrote in message news:ho84249mm6u5ud0psoaf3hsu3m669a49s6@4ax.com... (clip) I guess that I'll live till the day I die enjoying reading the written word instead of the increasingly fashionable comic book style 'novels' that's found on the shelves of book stores. I am sure your high school English teacher would rejoice knowing you never...

On Mon, 05 May 2008 18:46:12 -0500, "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote: Would you consider using Firefox with the NoScript extension? It's a good choice Adam. Thanks for the heads up. While I do my share of surfing, it's usually to regularly visited sites such as Barnes and Noble and a couple of Boston news sites. I don't need a bunch of eye candy that the scripting enables which ...