On Fri, 2007-03-09 at 12:51 +0100, jdd wrote:
Magnus Boman wrote:
I hope you have the latest anti-virus stuff and all the latest patches installed on there.
I have (AVG) but it never complain (safe for some emule stuff I wont speak of more here :-)
It scans each start. I have also adaware stuff and this one warns frequently
The point is, sad but true, that if you install a windows box and don't apply the latest patches straight away
I have no patch beyond service pack 2
I think there is somewhere a misconception of what a virus is. _no virus can come on if nothing infected is executed_.
Hmm... Sorry, I am no expert in the window world. The fact was that he had SOMETHING nasty on his computer.
may be you got a false alert...
Nope.
or the cd you installed from was already infected
Nope, original CD with SP2.
Win have many drwbacks, and mail attachments can execute without notice with outlook - I never use mail on my window box :-)
Agreed :-)
jdd
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