Allegedly, on or about 19 November 2015, Doug sent: > I haven't caught any virus in that time, but I don't boot up a > Windows system very often, and I don't leave it up for a long time > when I do.) How long you're up really means nothing. Years ago, a friend rang me to tell me to come up and watch him install his brand new XP. 4 seconds after finishing the install, it got infected by a virus. I nearly laughed my head off. He couldn't remove it, either. Windows allowed the virus to change an important system file, but wouldn't allow anything else to. So he had to reformat and reinstall. It happened again, seconds after booting up, despite my telling him that he ought to run a firewall, install anti-virus, before connecting his computer to a network, but he was sure that it wouldn't happen again. Three times in a row we went through that pallaver, nearly wet myself laughing. And you may remember that it's not a quick process to install XP. Back in its day, computers and CD-ROMs were not that quick. So I scoff at those who say it's okay to temporarily drop firewalls, only connect for a moment, etc. I know it's not true. I know that some ISPs are continually being port scanned and do nothing to stop it. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Jul 14 01:31:27 UTC 2013 x86_64 All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the public lists. ZNQR LBH YBBX! -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
