Re: Good Use for ClamAV

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 2010-04-07 02:51, Freeman wrote:
> I'll always be slowly catching up on comp tech. 
>
> I was using Knoppix and ClamAV to remove a virus for a friend when the
> futility of it all hit me.  The free anti-virus hopscotch game that windows
> users play to feel safe.

http://xkcd.com/463/

>                           What wasted energy--over an OS I boot into maybe
> 7% of the time.  They screw up half the time.

By having my wife/kids run Windows from "named" unpriv accounts, 
using Tbird/Firefox/ABP/Flashblock and not logging into social media 
sites, we've kept their system virus-free for 5 years.

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