Re: my farewell message:

I"m using a Mac..never had a problem. 

    On Thursday, July 6, 2017 3:37 PM, Lin Sprague <[email protected]> wrote:
 

 On 7/6/2017 5:41 PM, stan wrote:

> Sure, if you put a hardware firewall as you have, that minimizes 
> exposure, but, again, most people don't.

I believe that nearly all commercial home routers and gateways,
especially those provided by major ISPs have firewalls built in.

> Are companies still updating their anti-virus products for XP?

Yes, they are. Avast is the one I use. AVG and Norton do. McAfee and 
Avira don't.

> For you, calling XP insecure is FUD. For the average naive windows 
> user, I don't think so.

You specifically said, "XP is basically completely unsecure. If you are 
on the web for an hour, it will have been attacked and compromised." 
That is simply not true. Telling untruths in order to scare someone into 
changing their habits is the very definition of FUD.

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