From: robert_c72@hotmail.invalid   
      
   On 6/1/2010 7:30 AM, TE Cheah wrote:   
   > Wasted 2 hr of my 6 hr long dwnload.  I never knew Ms programmers can   
   > be such assholes.   
   > These * seem useless too ; w-o any anti virus sftwre installed i.e. depended   
   > just on *, my os was infected by 1 site,&  I had to erase os&  use a backup   
   > copy of os.   
   > Now I have Norton anti virus installed, so these * seem unnecessary.   
      
   If you had done more research or taken a basic computer familiarization   
   course through your local community college or public schools adult   
   education curriculum you would have known:   
      
   Restricting use of log in accounts with administrative privileges to   
   occasions when you are intentionally upgrading the software or   
   installing a new application contributes significantly to system security.   
      
   Microsoft's recommendation to set OS updates to "automatic" is complete   
   BS. Better to set Windows to download the available updates and ask for   
   permission to install them. A viable alternative is to ask the user for   
   permission to even download the update, particularly if the computer's   
   Internet connection is through dial-up.   
      
   Compare reviews of various Anti-Virus software packages including BOTH   
   the top line packages (trial versions often offered already installed in   
   brand name computers) and the downloadable ones that have "light"   
   versions for free and additional features for a few dozen dollars. Note   
   that SOME of the popular security suites are resource hogs that can   
   significantly slow the operation of  computers.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)