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Aaron	May 30 2009, 08:43 AM
Green Rocks Blue Socks! Posts: 4,159 Group: Community Moderator Member #31,457 Joined: October 2, 2004 I'm Browsing With Firefox 3	mcteeth May 30 2009, 08:16 AM The need for anti-virus software is overblown anyway. They don't prevent the user from doing something stupid. That's the user's job. They aren't useless, but people should be aware that they're for "after the fact" treatment and not a preventative measure. I guess "you'll only need this in a jam, here's some education instead" doesn't sell though. Even though I agree I hate that argument. Just because something isn't a preventive measure and is used after the fact to help "clean up" doesn't mean it isn't valid. Why have a first aid kit? Why have a fire extinguisher, etc. All of these are used After the fact, besides even "safe" users can become infected by viruses/adware/spyware/malware, back in 2007 there was an exploit in google ads that downloaded a virus (or trojan or something) in to people's computers. Other then using a firewall, and visiting only sites you know/trust (which doesn't mean they could be hacked/cracked and a virus/trojan put in to it), the only other protect I know of is to use Mac, Linux, Unix, or something else other then Windows.


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