On 9/4/06, Andrew Crystall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Those people either buy from people like me (who pre-install the software), or they buy a brand..which allready has antivirus and firewalls loaded. I have not seen a PC sold in the last 4 years without that software...the ones loaded with infections are older than that, IME. Moreover, a 70-80 minute process lets me reinstall a fresh windows install from scratch without deleting any data.
Infections are no problem on a PC, just reinstall the operating system. You have to do that every couple of months anyway just to replace the system files that are damaged every time it crashes and you have to do a cold reboot without shutting down properly. If you are backed up, no big deal. I wonder if a guy could keep all his most important files on one of these new 2GB flash drives, and boot his operating system from a read only DVD or CD-ROM like these Live CDs that some Linux distributions come on? How would malware get you then? You wouldn't even need to have an operating system on your computer, maybe not even as hard drive. Wouldn't that give the makers of spyware, viruses, etc. the fits? John W. Redelfs [EMAIL PROTECTED] *********************************************************** Do you play World of Warcraft? Let me know. Maybe we can play together. *********************************************************** All my opinions are tentative pending further data. --JWR _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
