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Mary Fisher wrote:
I was suggesting that you need third party programs for protection
(e.g. a
good selection would be a virus scanner (AVG), AdAware, Spywareblaster,
SpybotSD1.3, (possibly ZoneAlarm depending on platform)) to keep safe.

Got 'em all. And run 'em.

Which sort of makes the point very well.

I read news using a text mode newsreader on a Linux box. This
eliminates the need for just about *all* of that extra software you
are running and maintaining. In my opinion my newsreader is also a
much better newsreader than OE but that isn't really the point. I do
much less work to keep safe.

It must be lovely to be perfect.

(N.B. the Linux system is behind a well maintained firewall)

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Chris Green