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<blockquote data-quote="ebocious" data-source="post: 833306" data-attributes="member: 75834"><p>I get the idea that we have participants who are pretending to have more authority than they truly have, and are undermining the value of MT. If AV + safe browsing is a panacea, then there's no point in having discussions here.</p><p></p><p>Fact is, my last known infection on my own PC was in October of 2006. I'm not sure what happened, but a family member said there was news of a recent outbreak, that had infected 11 million computers. I had AV+AS+FW that was provided by my ISP, and I was infected three times in one day without even surfing. Mind you, this was Windows XP, but again, I was running a firewall, and I hadn't even opened a browser!</p><p></p><p>I reimaged my system from an Acronis backup, only to have the AV throw up alerts in seconds about SQL Slammer and Stack Bot. Within minutes, my computer was slow and sluggish. This didn't stop until I reimaged a final time, disconnected from the Internet, and installed the firewall the hackers used, ISS BlackICE.</p><p></p><p>Case in point: anyone who says AV + safe browsing is enough, I'm pulling your geek card.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ebocious, post: 833306, member: 75834"] I get the idea that we have participants who are pretending to have more authority than they truly have, and are undermining the value of MT. If AV + safe browsing is a panacea, then there's no point in having discussions here. Fact is, my last known infection on my own PC was in October of 2006. I'm not sure what happened, but a family member said there was news of a recent outbreak, that had infected 11 million computers. I had AV+AS+FW that was provided by my ISP, and I was infected three times in one day without even surfing. Mind you, this was Windows XP, but again, I was running a firewall, and I hadn't even opened a browser! I reimaged my system from an Acronis backup, only to have the AV throw up alerts in seconds about SQL Slammer and Stack Bot. Within minutes, my computer was slow and sluggish. This didn't stop until I reimaged a final time, disconnected from the Internet, and installed the firewall the hackers used, ISS BlackICE. Case in point: anyone who says AV + safe browsing is enough, I'm pulling your geek card. [/QUOTE]
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