Tim: > 1. Asshat creates a virus and releases it > 2. People get infected > 3. Anti-virus programmers develop detection/remedies Fernando Cassia: > That is as stupid as saying "vaccines and treatment drugs don´t work, > the damage has been done, other people got sick!". The point I was making, and it was only one point, was that anti-virus solutions are after the fact. They will always be too late for some people. And it's a bad approach to securing your computer. And it's a stupid thing to rely on. I didn't say don't do it. Just that it's really the wrong approach. And Windows proves it rather well. With the huge proliferation of viruses by a system that's continually getting infected by them. Even with anti-virus software being used. And anti-spyware, and other anti-malware... You really can't compare human viruses to computer viruses, like that. We're really not in a position to redesign the human being, at this point in time. We've been perfectly capable of designing computers much better, for a hell of a long time. -- [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 Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
