[Coco] VCC Color Computer 3 Emulator v2.0.1 - Public Release (finally!)
Bill Nobel
b_nobel at hotmail.com
Sat Oct 3 10:00:30 EDT 2015
FWIW, I have never used AV software on any of my windows machines. I learned over the years that it is better to be aware of the links you click on that makes the difference. Also for the downloads be aware if it is a sponsored download or not.
Bill Nobel
> On Oct 3, 2015, at 6:08 AM, tim franklinlabs.com <tim at franklinlabs.com> wrote:
>
> I totally agree. I don't run any antivirus software on my computers. I
> find that AV software does worse to my machines than any potential
> virus can. In fact I read that TRW and two other very large companies
> stopped running AV software for the same reason. However, my company
> still runs McCaffee, which totally slows down our computers and we
> still get viruses from time to time. Recently, one of our Service guys
> got a ransom virus on his machine. Locked him out of everything. He
> almost got fired. If you knew the guy you would know why he got the
> virus. He's just not that smart. LOL
>
> On October 2, 2015 at 5:45 PM Mark McDougall <msmcdoug at iinet.net.au>
> wrote:
> On 3/10/2015 8:07 AM, Tom Seagrove wrote:
>> My estimate is 95% of viruses on a computer are from PEBKAC
> issues.
>> The other 10% will be blocked by antivirus, or you can do nothing
>> about it.
> People spend _way_ too much time concerned with arming themselves to
> the
> teeth with OS updates and anti-virus software, only to throw their
> common sense out the window whilst using the internet.
> If you keep your wits about you, you shouldn't actually need any
> anti-virus software. I actually had updates turned off in WinXP for
> years, though I do have them enabled on Win7 these days.
> Regards,
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