On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 17:43:23 GMT, tony@well.com wrote:

>On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 18:12:32 GMT, null@zilch.com wrote:
>
>>You may be interested in this document which lists quite a number of
>>(old) Macintosh viruses:
>>
>>http://www.faqs.org/faqs/computer-virus/macintosh-faq/
>
>Informative, yes... My question was prompted by the realization that
>I/we spend a fair amount of time thrashing about to protect our
>investment (time, development, money) in the Windows system, and in my
>specific case, by trying to decide whether to install the more
>vulnerable XP over the fussy W98 -- not to mention selling my soul to
>MS in the process, or whether to simply stop throw in what looks
>increasingly as a bad hand and go play another game. Along with the
>Mac, Linux for instance looks more and more attractive despite the
>learning curve they would entail.

The main problem is the use of Microsoft apps for email, newsgroups
and browsing. I use Pegasus, Free Agent and Mozilla. I used Win 98 for
four years and have no complaints. Now I'm using Win ME and have no
complaints about it either. It's so much easier to take care of the
network situation for a stand-alone and close all internet ports on
Win 9x/ME. I like to use just DOS antivirus scanners so I'm not
attracted at all to NTFS. IMO, M$ has made the actual security
situation .... the kind that matters .... much worse rather than
better after Win ME IMO.


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