[sdw2003] Managed Anti Virus?

Josh Tays josh.tays at gmail.com
Tue Jan 19 18:42:37 PST 2010


John,

I don't use AV at home either but that isn't an option in this case.
Unfortunately not everybody out there is as careful as you or I may be.

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 3:28 PM, John Oliver <joliver at john-oliver.net>wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 02:36:33PM -0800, Tracy Reed wrote:
> > Is Windows based antivirus really worthwhile anymore? I don't have a
> > firm opinion one way or another but a lot of folks do:
>
> I haven't used any kind of AV software on my home PV for... a lot of
> years.  I don't see the point.  I don't open strange, unepected
> attachments, nor use IE unless when absolutely necessary, nor run any
> scripts or active content from anywhere by default, I read my mail in
> mutt, I'm behind a router...
>
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Josh


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