[ale] Scare tactics

[James P. Kinney III]

On Tue, 2006-09-26 at 16:37 -0400, Billy049 wrote:
> Recently I have noticed news items saying the internet bad guys are now 
> targeting home users who need a security suite to protect them.  It 
> seems firewall programs no longer support some of the older Windowses.  
> Upgrade this, buy that, argh.  Oh yeah, and they're saying Firefox has 
> lately had more vulnerabilities that the other guys products.
> 
> Ok, so they have my attention now and they are scaring me towards using 
> Linux for my online work.  I hope some can reassure me that this move 
> will greatly increase my home computer's security.

The best part is that NONE of those virus/spyware problems that plague
windows machines will even run on Linux unless wine is loaded up.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bill
> 
> I have one of those used/cheap external modems on the way.
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