Re: will Clean Reset elim. virus, etc. on HP iPaq??

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"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On 8 Sep 2006 14:09:12 -0700, "jgd395" <jgd395@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

just wondering if a "Clean Reset" , which wipes out all your added
files and settings
on the Pocket PC will eliminate any viruses, scripts, worms, trojans,
etc.??
i dont know enough about this..any help appreciated...thanks


No you're right - there are no commonly found "trojans, viruses,
scripts, worms" for PPC. So nothing really to worry about. I guess if
you stretch it, a PPC could be used like a floppy disk, to transfer
malware from one PC to another, but nothing which really executes on
The word is "carrier"
them has bothered virus writers, it's too small a target (literally !)


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^^^ On the other hand, posting your real email address in a public
forum such as a newsgroup is pretty much *guaranteed* to result in it
being harvested by spam-bots, with the consequence you'll be *sent*
lots more spam, trojans, viruses, scripts and worms in your mail.

The moral of this story is a PPC is just a device - it's user
*behaviour* that's the biggest danger to users ;-))

Cheers - Neil
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Digital Media MVP : 2004-2006
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs


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