Re: Anti-Anti-Virus Software

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On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 18:22:49 -0400, _RR <_RR@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On 24 Jun 2005 12:56:02 -0500, Lou <none@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 08:13:19 -0700, "Kerry Brown"
>><kerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx*a*m> wrote:
>>
>>>Nice troll, should hook a few.
>>>
>>>Kerry
>>
>>I give it a 3.5. Far better was "noise as a snore in memory when computer is in
>>idle" in mpsv recently, a 7.
>
>It may have been a sincere post, or maybe not. I've certainly heard
>similar sentiments before. I think there is a certain amount of
>witch-doctor in the approach of certain 'AntiSpy' software
>manufacturers. Less so among antivirus companies, but that still
>fuels conspiracy theories.
>
>The 'memory snore' is indeed a catchy subject line. Perhaps "Norton's
>Nodoz" would work.
>
>What is mpsv? I've recently found this group via google hits on some
>problems I was trying to resolve (great group here!). Are there other
>similar newsgroups?

MPSV is Microsoft public security virus - it's available on most news servers.

It may be a sincere post, but I doubt it. I sincerely hope nobody is as stupid
as the OP sounds. You absolutely should NOT connect to the internet without a
good layered security, including antivirus.

If your computer labours to run with protection like antivirus, antispyware, and
hardened software, your computer is either already serving software that you
don't know about (ie infected thru lack of security), or it's so feeble that
it's not worth using. With all of the protective software that I consider
necessary, my computer runs maybe 5 - 10% CPU use when idle, and maybe 25 - 30%
when in use, and half of THAT is NOT security software either - its not at all
strained.

Arguing that one should use a computer on the internet, without protection,
because the load of protective software is too onerous to one's computer is just
like someone wanting to disable the brakes on their car because the drag from
the brakes puts a stain on the engine. And as a legal user of the highway would
object to someone tooling down the highway with no brakes, any protected user of
the internet should object to anybody connecting to the internet without any
protection. What the OP does affects all of us.

If he's serious, he's the best case in favour of licensing internet usage, that
I have seen this year. His ISP should be contacted, and he should be
quarantined. He's a bot member in the making, and to not object to his assinine
attitude is irresponsible. If he's simply trolling, and some clueless and naive
person should take him seriously, that would be equally as unacceptable.
.

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