I feel for you

Dear computer security ignorati, whoe'er you may be:

I once (maybe a year ago) examined a church computer. It had over 100 virus
hits. The AV pgm was turned off. "Why," I asked? "I turned it off because I
couldn't check my email from home," she said. I turned the AV back on. The
next time I checked, she had turned it off again. I promptly snitched to the
ministers. And this was an intelligent woman. She simply had no
comprehension of the seriousness of computer security. Her email came first,
period.

Around the same time I checked the computer of a friend for whom I was doing
some computer work. She had about 65 viruses. She thought of her new (and
first) computer as a typewriter. She couldn't grasp that she had to actively
protect it. She had no comprehension of security or of computers in general.
(Choke.)

In those days, viruses were a pain, but seldom fatal. Today, they can be
devastating.

To those who know nothing of AVG, Spybot, Ad-Aware, MSAS, SpywareBlaster,
TeaTimer, SPF, DCOMbob, Shoot the Messenger, UnPlugandPlay, and all the
rest: I feel for you. You *must* learn, use and update such pgms. If you
don't, you will accomplish two things:

1. Your computers will become unusable and will cost you large amounts of $$
to clean up. You may also lose your identity, your credit card numbers, your
tax records, etc., etc. *
2. You will do your best to make our computers unusable too.

* For optimum security, computers with such information should not IMO ever
have any connection to the Internet. That means two computers: your new one
for sensitive information, and your old one for the Net.

Good luck. (Sob.)

Walterius

Ah, you are talking about the old 'ignorance-is-bliss'
crowd.
>-----Original Message-----
>Dear computer security ignorati, whoe'er you may be:
>
>I once (maybe a year ago) examined a church computer. It
had over 100 virus
>hits. The AV pgm was turned off. "Why," I asked? "I
turned it off because I
>couldn't check my email from home," she said. I turned
the AV back on. The
>next time I checked, she had turned it off again. I
promptly snitched to the
>ministers. And this was an intelligent woman. She simply
had no
>comprehension of the seriousness of computer security.
Her email came first,
>period.
>
>Around the same time I checked the computer of a friend
for whom I was doing
>some computer work. She had about 65 viruses. She thought
of her new (and
>first) computer as a typewriter. She couldn't grasp that
she had to actively
>protect it. She had no comprehension of security or of
computers in general.
>(Choke.)
>
>In those days, viruses were a pain, but seldom fatal.
Today, they can be
>devastating.
>
>To those who know nothing of AVG, Spybot, Ad-Aware, MSAS,
SpywareBlaster,
>TeaTimer, SPF, DCOMbob, Shoot the Messenger,
UnPlugandPlay, and all the
>rest: I feel for you. You *must* learn, use and update
such pgms. If you
>don't, you will accomplish two things:
>
>1. Your computers will become unusable and will cost you
large amounts of $$
>to clean up. You may also lose your identity, your credit
card numbers, your
>tax records, etc., etc. *
>2. You will do your best to make our computers unusable
too.
>
>* For optimum security, computers with such information
should not IMO ever
>have any connection to the Internet. That means two
computers: your new one
>for sensitive information, and your old one for the Net.
>
>Good luck. (Sob.)
>
>Walterius
>
>
>.
>

aha a sensible post


"Walterius" <invalid@nowhere.not> wrote in message
news:Ob8qDK4XFHA.1832@cpmsftngsa05.privatenews.microsoft.com...
> Dear computer security ignorati, whoe'er you may be:
>
> I once (maybe a year ago) examined a church computer. It had over 100 virus
> hits. The AV pgm was turned off. "Why," I asked? "I turned it off because I
> couldn't check my email from home," she said. I turned the AV back on. The
> next time I checked, she had turned it off again. I promptly snitched to the
> ministers. And this was an intelligent woman. She simply had no
> comprehension of the seriousness of computer security. Her email came first,
> period.
>
> Around the same time I checked the computer of a friend for whom I was doing
> some computer work. She had about 65 viruses. She thought of her new (and
> first) computer as a typewriter. She couldn't grasp that she had to actively
> protect it. She had no comprehension of security or of computers in general.
> (Choke.)
>
> In those days, viruses were a pain, but seldom fatal. Today, they can be
> devastating.
>
> To those who know nothing of AVG, Spybot, Ad-Aware, MSAS, SpywareBlaster,
> TeaTimer, SPF, DCOMbob, Shoot the Messenger, UnPlugandPlay, and all the
> rest: I feel for you. You *must* learn, use and update such pgms. If you
> don't, you will accomplish two things:
>
> 1. Your computers will become unusable and will cost you large amounts of $$
> to clean up. You may also lose your identity, your credit card numbers, your
> tax records, etc., etc. *
> 2. You will do your best to make our computers unusable too.
>
> * For optimum security, computers with such information should not IMO ever
> have any connection to the Internet. That means two computers: your new one
> for sensitive information, and your old one for the Net.
>
> Good luck. (Sob.)
>
> Walterius
>
>

Walterius, you should turn this into a Lifetime tv movie.
--

Andre
http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm

"Walterius" <invalid@nowhere.not> wrote in message
news:Ob8qDK4XFHA.1832@cpmsftngsa05.privatenews.microsoft.com...
> Dear computer security ignorati, whoe'er you may be:
>
> I once (maybe a year ago) examined a church computer. It had over 100
> virus
> hits. The AV pgm was turned off. "Why," I asked? "I turned it off because
> I
> couldn't check my email from home," she said. I turned the AV back on. The
> next time I checked, she had turned it off again. I promptly snitched to
> the
> ministers. And this was an intelligent woman. She simply had no
> comprehension of the seriousness of computer security. Her email came
> first,
> period.
>
> Around the same time I checked the computer of a friend for whom I was
> doing
> some computer work. She had about 65 viruses. She thought of her new (and
> first) computer as a typewriter. She couldn't grasp that she had to
> actively
> protect it. She had no comprehension of security or of computers in
> general.
> (Choke.)
>
> In those days, viruses were a pain, but seldom fatal. Today, they can be
> devastating.
>
> To those who know nothing of AVG, Spybot, Ad-Aware, MSAS, SpywareBlaster,
> TeaTimer, SPF, DCOMbob, Shoot the Messenger, UnPlugandPlay, and all the
> rest: I feel for you. You *must* learn, use and update such pgms. If you
> don't, you will accomplish two things:
>
> 1. Your computers will become unusable and will cost you large amounts of
> $$
> to clean up. You may also lose your identity, your credit card numbers,
> your
> tax records, etc., etc. *
> 2. You will do your best to make our computers unusable too.
>
> * For optimum security, computers with such information should not IMO
> ever
> have any connection to the Internet. That means two computers: your new
> one
> for sensitive information, and your old one for the Net.
>
> Good luck. (Sob.)
>
> Walterius
>
>

Hi

Really great..........

Something went wrong !? Trustworthy computing...

--
plun

Walterius submitted this idea :
> Dear computer security ignorati, whoe'er you may be:
>
> I once (maybe a year ago) examined a church computer. It had over 100 virus
> hits. The AV pgm was turned off. "Why," I asked? "I turned it off because I
> couldn't check my email from home," she said. I turned the AV back on. The
> next time I checked, she had turned it off again. I promptly snitched to the
> ministers. And this was an intelligent woman. She simply had no
> comprehension of the seriousness of computer security. Her email came first,
> period.
>
> Around the same time I checked the computer of a friend for whom I was doing
> some computer work. She had about 65 viruses. She thought of her new (and
> first) computer as a typewriter. She couldn't grasp that she had to actively
> protect it. She had no comprehension of security or of computers in general.
> (Choke.)
>
> In those days, viruses were a pain, but seldom fatal. Today, they can be
> devastating.
>
> To those who know nothing of AVG, Spybot, Ad-Aware, MSAS, SpywareBlaster,
> TeaTimer, SPF, DCOMbob, Shoot the Messenger, UnPlugandPlay, and all the
> rest: I feel for you. You *must* learn, use and update such pgms. If you
> don't, you will accomplish two things:
>
> 1. Your computers will become unusable and will cost you large amounts of $$
> to clean up. You may also lose your identity, your credit card numbers, your
> tax records, etc., etc. *
> 2. You will do your best to make our computers unusable too.
>
> * For optimum security, computers with such information should not IMO ever
> have any connection to the Internet. That means two computers: your new one
> for sensitive information, and your old one for the Net.
>
> Good luck. (Sob.)
>
> Walterius

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nope, I say turn it to a advertisement video

"Andre Da Costa" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Walterius, you should turn this into a Lifetime tv movie.
> --
>
> Andre
> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
> FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
>
> "Walterius" <invalid@nowhere.not> wrote in message
> news:Ob8qDK4XFHA.1832@cpmsftngsa05.privatenews.microsoft.com...
>> Dear computer security ignorati, whoe'er you may be:
>>
>> I once (maybe a year ago) examined a church computer. It had over 100 virus
>> hits. The AV pgm was turned off. "Why," I asked? "I turned it off because I
>> couldn't check my email from home," she said. I turned the AV back on. The
>> next time I checked, she had turned it off again. I promptly snitched to the
>> ministers. And this was an intelligent woman. She simply had no
>> comprehension of the seriousness of computer security. Her email came first,
>> period.
>>
>> Around the same time I checked the computer of a friend for whom I was doing
>> some computer work. She had about 65 viruses. She thought of her new (and
>> first) computer as a typewriter. She couldn't grasp that she had to actively
>> protect it. She had no comprehension of security or of computers in general.
>> (Choke.)
>>
>> In those days, viruses were a pain, but seldom fatal. Today, they can be
>> devastating.
>>
>> To those who know nothing of AVG, Spybot, Ad-Aware, MSAS, SpywareBlaster,
>> TeaTimer, SPF, DCOMbob, Shoot the Messenger, UnPlugandPlay, and all the
>> rest: I feel for you. You *must* learn, use and update such pgms. If you
>> don't, you will accomplish two things:
>>
>> 1. Your computers will become unusable and will cost you large amounts of $$
>> to clean up. You may also lose your identity, your credit card numbers, your
>> tax records, etc., etc. *
>> 2. You will do your best to make our computers unusable too.
>>
>> * For optimum security, computers with such information should not IMO ever
>> have any connection to the Internet. That means two computers: your new one
>> for sensitive information, and your old one for the Net.
>>
>> Good luck. (Sob.)
>>
>> Walterius
>>
>>
>
>