One other point-- both those articles you reference are by those who make their living selling anti-virus tools.
Sort of like asking Keith Obermann's opinion of Sarah Palin (or vice versa)-- not much there one can trust. On Aug 24, 2011, at 5:20 PM, "J. Landman Gay" <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> wrote: > On 8/24/11 3:49 PM, Ralph DiMola wrote: >> I must agree. I used a win98 laptop for 10 years with no AV SW and never had >> a virus. > > That you know of. > > "To make matters worse, not only is much of today's malware initially > undetectable by antivirus scanners, it may go unnoticed by its victims as > well. Thanks to rootkits, alternate data streams, and other programming > trickery, the majority of modern day malware lies well hidden on infected > systems." > <http://antivirus.about.com/od/securitytips/a/malwareonslaught.htm> > > > <http://anti-virus-software-review.toptenreviews.com/malware-trends-according-to-symantec.html> _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
