[Leaplist] Slightly OT: We're not dealing with amateurs here.

Damien McKenna damien at mc-kenna.com
Thu Jan 10 15:50:58 GMT 2008


On Jan 10, 2008, at 7:50 AM, pberry2 wrote:
> A few computers I have inspected recently that were infested with
> Microsoft Virus/Worms/exploits had 2500 reported infections, or more.
> For the experience, I ran the proper repair/spybot/AV programs and  
> found
> that it took more than three days to resolve all the issues.

Weren't you running a virus checker or firewall?  There are plenty of  
free ones available.  What version of Windows was it?  Did you keep it  
up-to-date with Windows Update?

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Damien McKenna - Husband, father, geek.
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