FilePro Happy faces

[Anthony Terrible]

While all that may be true I have not had any problems. I am very connected
via cable modem and yet I run no Anti-Virus virus and have yet to be hit
with anything. I believe the reason is that I have tight security on all
programs that touch the internet and very strict on permissions of those
programs as well. This means that a lot of web sites don't work very well
but I have found that those that don't aren't of much use to me anyway.

> On Tue, 10 Aug 2004, Anthony Terrible wrote:
>
> > Well my take on these things is if it isn't broke, don't fix it. I have
> > several machines that don't even have SP1. Why? They run just fine. I
> > recently bought a new machine (coming into the 21st century) and against
my
> > wishes I had to load SP1 because the USB ports wouldn't work without it.
I
> > don't upgrade my software, I don't upgrade my OS's, heck I don't even
> > upgrade my machines, the one just replaced was a 233mhz. It ran just
fine in
> > fact in some instances it runs better then the one I'm using now a 3gig
mhz.
> > It's kind of like chasing your tail, what are you going to do when you
catch
> > it?
>
> If you study the list of things fixed in Windows updates, you will find
> that well over half of them are security fixes. That is, Microsoft finds
> or hears about holes, and fixes them. Often when a hole is reported, and
> exploit appears in VERY short order.
>
> By not installing security updates, you leave yourself vulnerable to
> hacks, virii, worms, etc., that might a) damage your own systems, and/or
> coopt your system into an attack on other sites.
>
> If your machine is isolated from the world, I could condone an attitude
> such as you express, but if it's connected, I don't think it's wise or
> helpful.
>
> Regards,
> ....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.
>
> personal e-mail: ras at anzio.com
>  company e-mail: rsi at anzio.com
>           voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time)
>             fax: (US) 503-624-0760
>             web: http://www.anzio.com