Re: Any feelings on Windows Defender (sic!) beta 2?

Porpoise wrote:
>> "Mike Easter"

>>> I don't use any.  Some people should use a really lot of them,
>>> I guess.

> I'm with Mike on this one. I *do* have anti-spyware installed but I
> can't remember the last time it actually found anything - basically,
> because my system is so locked down and I don't click links
> "blindly", so there is very little opportunity for any malware to get
> onto my system. I'm not saying it's impossible but it's extremely
> unlikely. Anyone who's getting "25 'hits'" is browsing the internet
> *very* insecurely - IMVHO.

This goes back to my post earlier
news://news.spamcop.net/[email protected] in the java and
activex problems thread, where I was talking about browser security
issues.

I can also turn off my realtime antivirus scanner -- and I do turn off
email scanning.  I use other defenses against email virms.


-- 
Mike Easter
kibitzer, not SC admin