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Offline that_punk_guy

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Re: New Windows Worm
« Reply #14 from previous page: January 24, 2004, 09:17:15 PM »
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i wish to say goodbye to all of them who suddenly dissapear for a short or longer period because of this virus , remeber you can always sell your pc and buy an amigaOne :)


That's funny.

The prevalence of viruses on Windows boxes is down to the popularity of the OS and not AmigaOS's amazing security features. If the Amiga ever does become popular again, an awful lot of self-satisfied, smug and complacent Amiga users are going to get stung when their machine becomes the target for worms and viruses.

I would use an Amiga for the internet, but then again why would I want to pay good money for a web browser that can't even cut and paste properly?!
 

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Re: New Windows Worm
« Reply #15 on: January 26, 2004, 07:41:54 PM »
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Keep in mind that there are some virus and/or trojan programs out there that don't even have to be opened on the PC in order to do their damage. Simply viewing the message in a preview pane is enough to activate them.


Yup, I got caught by a bit of a java applet that could overwrite my IE settings in the Windows Registry. Little such-and-such would redirect my homepage to porn sites and similar. And I have a very up-to-date virus checker, and it's firewalled away to be damned  too :-D Seems you're just not safe...
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