Time and Chaos question for Tom

[J. R. White]

Anti-virus programs, good ones, really work.  MSN, Outlook and Internet
Explorer wouldn't be as widely used as they are if they were as vulnerable
as you say.  I've used them for nearly twenty years successfully.  Oh, I've
had battles with viruses and hackers and identity thieves; but, I won.
You might as well say that the way to avoid being killed in a car crash is
to walk.
Why not just learn how to use computers safely?
J R W


-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Hechler Family
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 9:21 AM
To: Pianotech
Subject: Re: Time and Chaos question for Tom

I can't hold my fingers back from chimeing in on this one.

Hasn't the public learned by now that the virus, worm, etc writers are
counting on you to use the default (Internet Explorer and Outlook)
internet applications. This is why I cringe, for you, everytime I hear
stories like this one. Almost every MAJOR breach has happened through
one of these "portals". I can't stress enough to not use these and use
something use like Mozilla's Firefx (browser) and Mozilla's Thunderbird
(email). There is no guarantee that you'll never get hit again but the
chances, as of now, are greatly diminished.

Now before eveyone gets there dander up, I know it's not for everyone,
but I went as far as migrating to Linux and a dual-boot with Windows 8
years ago. Yes, it's a leaning curve BUT at the risk of losing
everything I thought it was worth it.

Again I know Linux is not for everyone so the first step is to stop
using IE and Outlook, the two biggest portals of viruses, worms, etc.
and go to something else.

Think about to what cost do you need to go to protect your system and data.

A while back my wife showed up home early one day and I asked for why
she was home. She said that their whole network was down - hit by the
Love Virus - and for everyone to go home. However, It did not effect me
because I was not using IE and/or Outlook - and - the fact that all of
my internet dealings I do through Linux.

If I have offened anyone, I apologize. I'm just an advocate for safe and
friendly computing,

Duaine

Piannaman@aol.com wrote:
> I don't think it's the PDA.  I had the same thing happen to me on a
> mass scale when I had to replace my PDA(I use Outlook for most stuff,
> a default choice).  I lost so many things, that I felt compelled to
> call tech support.  After Microsoft said call HP, and HP said talk to
> Dell or Microsoft, I finally bit the bullet and paid for someone to
> help out.  He suggested I temporarily disable the virus and pop-up
> scans, because those could be affecting the synch process.  I did, and
> everything synched up just fine.  It's worth checking into with Time
> and Chaos tech support.  Good luck if you call Dell...
>  
> Now I don't have to disable anything to synchronize.  It could have
> had something to do with the amount of data being transferred at that
> time.
>  
> Dave Stahl
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Duaine Hechler
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Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding
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