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Re: ISPs can easily decrease net abuse

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From: Lucas Tam
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 04:06
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Juergen Nieveler <juergen.nieveler.nospam@arcor.de> wrote in
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> Lucas Tam <REMOVEnntp@rogers.com> wrote:
> 
>> Since IE 4.0 or 5.0, it's been pretty stable for me. So far, Mozilla
>> has crashed more often than IE (well... older beta Mozillas).
> 
> It's not the crashing I'd worry about - it's those nasty holes that 
> execute malware without even bothering to notify you...

Hmmm, never been infected... actually it hasn't bothered me.  I keep Norton 
AV updated and run Windows Update on a regular basis.

True, Windows could be MUCH better - but the alternatives are quite bleak. 
Only real choice is Mac OS X, but even OS X lacks the applications on 
Windows : (



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Subject: Re: ISPs can easily decrease net abuse
From: Lucas Tam <REMOVEnntp@rogers.com>
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