rpavich wrote:
No...not at all. Just don't frequent certain sorts of sites, that's all Games/wares sites are horrible for this sort of thing. Of course porn sites are notorious for this sort of thing. Illegal download sites are the same.
I've never used virus protection of any kind and don't get virus'
Ah yes, the old no-prophylaxis policy. I'm not as brave as you. I prefer
protection. Even while swimming in the mud of Wikipedia.
However, I'm confdently virus free so far after some 30 years
of negotiating the Interweb minefield.
Problem here is that even at university - or maybe because - a virus
can sneak in behind an innocent message, graph, assignment extension, or research paper.
I accept that graphic images are always a potenial hazard, but the
real world hard copy fine typography publishers have been meeting
the challenge for decades.
With appropriate anti viral prophylaxis.
Sure, we know well the pitfalls of juvenile gamesmanship, and the ubiquitous
lacklustre erotic sites viral diseases. Whomsoever dips deliberately into that adolescent mire is either exceptionally gutsy or a kangaroo short in the top padock.
Or lucky.
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I was just mischievously curious to know whether perhaps you had a
"see round corners" sidewinder radar program there that could scout
ahead for all potential threats no matter how well they might be camouflaged.
It might then be fitting fun to devise a retaliatory program to nuke the
perpetrator's PC. ;-)
- Th.