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Article #1083Re: ISPs can easily decrease net abuse
From: Jem Berkes
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 05:17
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 05:17
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>> 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. Actually, Windows is not that bad when you use it properly. Don't use the admin account unless you need to; do your day-to-day activities as a user with regular privileges. And don't use IE or Outlook. If you do these things your Windows system will run beautifully. It's amazing how a Windows install goes to hell if you muck around in the admin account. We have several Windows 2000 installs for students to use. Half of them are strictly maintained, but a couple have known admin passwords to allow some 'trusted' students to install their own software. What a disaster :) Spyware, Yahoo toolbars and all kinds of crap on the system where students use the admin account. Remember that spyware or whatever with admin privileges gets to all users' accounts... -- Jem Berkes http://www.sysdesign.ca/
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From: Jem Berkes <jem@users.pc9__org>
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Subject: Re: ISPs can easily decrease net abuse
Date: 4 Dec 2003 05:17:20 GMT
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