Re: MonaRonaDona

From: PD43 <pauld1943@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:22:06 -0600

"M.I.5¾" <no.one@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I've been surfing the 'net for 15 years and have yet to get my first
virus/malware infestation.

I find that seriously hard to believe.

Sorry... it's true. And for probably half of that time I ran without
virus protection.

It's simple: I don't visit strange websites, don't download from
unknown sites, don't do file-sharing and I play safe with email.

Even if you keep your virus checker
as up to date as you can, there is always a short interval between the
release of a new virus and the virus checker gaining the ability to detect
it. As for other malware: have you tried a scan with AdAware and other
similar products? They usually turn up all sorts of surprises (and plenty
of them to boot).

Stopped doing that a couple years ago... all it ever found was
"tracking cookies". I now regularly check my cookie file and delete
those I don't want (CC Cleaner).
.

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