Tim: >> It may need an awful lot more. A work computer might only be used >> to type letters to clients, and run the jobs database. A home >> computer is rarely so specialised. It might be used for banking, Kostas Sfakiotakis: > Well it is true that i have done some e-shopping and entered credit > card data on amazon but keeping banking data or any such sensitive > information is like you are looking to commit suicide . The best scenario > is to keep such type of information as far away from computers as possible , > since u never know what is going to happen. It's impossible to keep it away, when you're having to deal with things that can only be bought, or paid for, over the internet. Likewise with other account managing scenarios. For a lot of people, that will entail personal details being stored somewhere by their browser. For the more cautious, who don't let their browser store names and passwords, they can still have personal credentials temporarily cached (while the browser is running) in potentially vulnerable places. > Well trust me , even under windows all u need is a good antivirus and > you can do whatever u wish I've yet to find good anti-virus for Windows. No, I don't care to know, I don't use it any more. I and don't provide support to other people using it any more, either. I like being able to tell suffering Windows users who ask for my help, "sorry I don't use it any more, and can't recommend anything to you." What I would consistently find were the following: Viruses getting through completely unnoticed, since the viruses are always developed well ahead of any anti-virus developments. Viruses getting through despite the anti-virus software being able to recognise it. You'd get a warning that "you have been infected," and then you had to waste lots of time to disinfect. Where, what we expected is for the anti-virus software to stop the attempt. Viruses being unremovable because Windows wouldn't let you modify /that/ file at the moment. But, the virus was allowed to modify /that/ file. The anti-virus software being a complete pain. Making a system run slowly, causing ordinary software to fail, and being a convoluted nightmare to use it. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
