Digital BW, The Print

Martin Wesley
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam A. McCandless" <samcc@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 7:05 PM
Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Virus/Worm Caution


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>
> I don't mind to try anti-virus software again, but I've tried it for
> two non-consecutive years, each time not renewing it because it never
> found anything. My small, very local ISP has, however, short-stopped
> a few infected e-mails on their way to my mailbox. The rest of my
> good fortune is, I think, probably due to my not using Microsoft's
> Outlook Express (I got Eudora because there's good supplementary
> documentation - Adam Engst's VSQ Guide - for it.). Maybe due to my
> using a Mac. Whatever, I think I'll probably also replace Microsoft's
> Internet Explorer, although I like it well enough, with Opera. But
> that's not to say I won't warm up Norton's Anti-Virus software; I
> probably should update Norton Utilities anyway, unless there's now
> something better for a Mac. I'd be glad for any advice or suggestions
> about any of this.
>
> Sam McCandless

Sam,

You are definitely in the low risk category. Since there are so many more
Windows machines than Macs they and their common software are mostly
targeted. Like you I went for years without ever having my virus detection
software find anything but in the last couple of years of using it to
monitor my e-mail has saved me (and everyone I send e-mail to) from being
infected.

I guess it is like health insurance. You pay for it and hope you never need
it.

I have no idea what the best package is for the Mac but I recommend you have
something running.

Martin