Groom Lake wrote:
In posted on Mon, 28 Jun 2004
17:25:36 GMT, Jim Hampton wrote:
The fact remains that Internet
Explorer, Outlook, and Outlook Express are popular, thus the huge number of
viruses written for them - not that they are more or less secure than other
browsers.
That's not entirely correct;
The fact that they are immensely more insecure, coupled with their
popularity makes them such an irresistible target of exploitation.
100 percent correct. That OS/Broswer/Mail integration is a doing half
the work for the bad guys.
If one keeps a firewall in place, anti-virus in place,
anti-spyware in place, updates them daily, and *uses* them properly, one is
as protected as one can be.
Love my dual processor G5!!....8^)
- Mike KB3EIA -
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