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> From: pic microcontroller discussion list
> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Russell McMahon
> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 00:11
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: [OT]:Re: In school, I am the smartest.
>
>
> >> ... tired of people claiming there's no way to avoid
> > >computer virii, it's just too hard, there's nothing you can do.
> > >Hogwash.
>
> Some viruses will still potentially creep through the nost moden
> anti-virus
> program AND auto-run. They have existed before and will almost certainly
> exist again. (This doesn't apply to any of the ones that heave turned up
> here recently).

        Exactly, and therein lies the danger. No virus scanner is instantly updated
when a new virus comes out, so having blind faith in a virus scanner is
worse then not having one. I have spoken to many people about backing up,
and the most common reason for NOT backing up is "I run a virus scanner, I'm
safe", which is of course completely idiotic. A virus scanner won't stop
your 3 year old formatting the hard drive, a virus scanner won't prevent
windows from deciding it doesn't like your drive anymore, it also won't stop
a hard drive from crashing.
        There is a similar situation out there with "software" firewall products, I
believe them to be more dangerous (because of the false sense of security)
then not having one. TTYL

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