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my philosophy on upgrades/security
Posted by Jason 0W-40 (more from Jason 0W-40) on Tue, 10 Dec 2002 15:04:54
In Reply to: Well, I may be gullible and think the best of everyone, Anders, Tue, 10 Dec 2002 09:53:53
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Is usually to wait a couple of months before doing Microsoft upgrades (gives them time to fix bugs), but I always keep my anti-virus (Norton) stuff up-to-date, and use a hardware firewall for computers connected to broadband. I also used software firewalls in the past, but they seem to cause problems so I uninstalled those.
Good idea to occasionally run spyware-detection programs too, like Ad-Aware.
Oh, and don't download .exe .pif .scr .bat etc., attachments!
I've stayed away from XP thus far, (not really an option for those buying new computers) and Windows 2000 seems quite stable. I even have it running satisfactorily on an old 166mhz P1 whose sole raison d'etre is to log faxes...
Jason
posted by 24.46.48...
Posts in this Thread:
- Second update on WIS cd problems>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>, Anders, Sun, 8 Dec 2002 21:41:11
- Re: Anders: I assume that you installed the (+), Jon906, Tue, 10 Dec 2002 00:29:13
- is there a place to buy WIS CD for cheap? (n/m), Jason 0W-40, Mon, 9 Dec 2002 10:57:36
- Re: all this WIS stuff, John Davies, Mon, 9 Dec 2002 10:42:02
- More things to try, Roger, Mon, 9 Dec 2002 08:28:49
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