Virus Checking

From: Tim Hotze <tim_at_thereviewguide.com>
Date: Tue Dec 29 15:41:03 1998

> A basic precaution of which some are not aware.

Which most, with the exception of people who are relatively
technically inclined. I probably am, or close to, the least
technically knowledgeable person on the list, due to age,
inexperience, lack of intelligence, or a mixture. But if I were to go
on the streets almost anywhere, I'd be way above the average.
 
> > And of course I don't use MS Anit Virus. IIRC, it hasn't been
> > updated since 1992 when Windows 3.1 shipped!
> >
> Once again, you would be surprised how many people trust it.
I know. I got my friend a CD for his birthday like 2 years ago, IIRC,
it was something he'd liked on my computer for some time, and I
believe it was from Interplay. The first thing he did (after removing
the shringwrap)? Pop the CD in (relatively full at 550MB) and virus
scanned the entire thing. Now, with his 4x CDROM, it didn't go to
well. He did this with MS Anti Virus... 1) Software programs on
media ususally don't contain viruses. 2) Interplay is a well-known
publisher, and would not have had a virus on any of it's products if it
wanted to stay in business for more than a couple more weeks. 3)
It was shrwinkwrapped. 4) MS Antivirus wouldn't recognize a 1997
virus if it needed to. (Sheesh! 1997 was two years ago! Man!)

Tim
Received on Tue Dec 29 1998 - 15:41:03 GMT