Hi John!

Keep knocking. You've been very fortunate.

My Vista machine got hit with one of those self perpetuating viruses several
months back, and it didn't happen because of an attachment, but it was
caused just because I opened an Email from someone I knew who is a public
official. He didn't hit me deliberately; It was just one of those peculiar
accidents that can happen despite everyone's best efforts. 

I run Eset smart security and run malware bytes oaccasionally and haven't
had any more trouble, but ultimately nothing can completely prevent you from
being hit, regardless of how up to date you may think you are.

I've also been advised to dump internet explorer because it is a favourite
infection tool, but I don't care for the accessibility of Firefox, so that's
the way that goes.

73,.
Dave

-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of John J. Jacques
Sent: Monday, 13 July 2015 10:46 a.m.
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Subject: Re: Off Topic: Antivirus

Hi Tom, In my humble opinion, if you practic safe browsing, Microsoft
Security Essentials, is all you really need.  It won't get malware, for that
you will need something like Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, but it has been my
observation that most viruses are gotten from going to unknown sites, or
opening atachments from unknown sources!  I have several XP boxes running on
my home network, with no anti-virus programs running at all, and, knock on
wood, they have not been hit.  I rarely go online with them, and mainly use
them to play music and provide access for my external harddrives that have
all of my audio stuff on them!

73:
John


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