<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 18, 2008 5:43 PM, Gerald Dachs <<a href="mailto:ubuntu@dachsweb.de">ubuntu@dachsweb.de</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Am Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:32:09 -0400<br>schrieb Joel Goguen <<a href="mailto:jgoguen@jgoguen.ca">jgoguen@jgoguen.ca</a>>:<br><div class="Ih2E3d">> >> Tim,<br>> >> is he running windows?<br>> >>
<br>> >><br>> >> The friend? Yes, she is still using windows XP. I am concerned<br>> >> about her<br>> > because her computer is her lifeline but I don't want to needlessly<br>> > alarm her and send her into a panic.
<br>> ><br>> > Tim<br>> Go over and do the usual round of virus/spyware/adware/other scans<br>> that should be part of (at least) weekly routine for any Windows user?<br><br></div>This is not really a good solution, because it gives a wrong feeling
<br>of safety. Recent tests have shown that the detection rate of<br>virus scanners is decreasing significantly, since coding<br>of viruses and trojans is a multimillion business.<br><font color="#888888"><br>Gerald<br></font>
<div></div></blockquote><div>Multimillion dollar business? These are not just some "kid" hackers. I have a deep miss trust of virus scanning software. My boss says the next war will be fought through the Internet. It has already been done in a small scale in Russia's break away republic. Is it going to get to the point where the complete house of cards is going to come tumbling down?
<br><br>Tim <br></div></div><br>