On Wed, 2009-10-07 at 20:34 -0500, Jim Flanagan wrote:
Cristian Rodríguez wrote:
On 07/10/09 16:54, Paul Neuwirth wrote:
with Windows 98 SE anymore. Nobody supports that thing anymore, looks like you need to move to the 21 century... Actually, its pretty light weight, i.e. fast (not hoggish). As long as you run an AV tool, and browse with an up to date Firefox, your pretty safe.
Nah, I've run Windows for years with no AV at all. It all depends on how you use the machine. If all services are disabled and you never run IE or Outlook your exposed surface is pretty small; you certainly shouldn't use such a configuration for sensitive functions but for many uses I wouldn't worry about it. In my experience, if you are plowing through unknown Internet sites and clicking every link you see then no amount of preventative is going to save your machine. And many times there simply is no choice. We have a million dollars worth of VOIP PBX systems.... that can only be administered using Windows 9x running a specific version of IE6 hosting a specific version of the Microsoft JVM. Ugh. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org