"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
news:w4a2h.16503$DH5.16462@trnddc04...
> From: "sid" <sid.see@willcox.net>
>
> |
> | I wasn't trying to be funny, Dave.
> |
> | Nor is it funny, IMNSHO to give clueless people clueless
> | advice such as its ok to disable their firewall-- good
> | intentions or not. That your opinion or those of others
> | may vary in this regard, does nothing to lessen the
> | danger in such an ill-advised suggestion.
> |
> | Sid
> |
>
> If is wasn't the experince to have to give the advice in the first pla ce, it
woouln't be
> there.
>
> The fact is those words were chosen based upon News Group and email dialogues.
They were
> not chosen based upon opinion. They were based soley upon experience. If it was't
that
> case I would revert back to just stating that they need to allow the GNU WGET.EXE
utility
> access to the Internet.
>
> --
> Dave
> http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
> http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm

C'mon Dave, you're offering a specious argument simply to
accommodate insouciance.

And I'm not being pedantic... you and I both know that
disabling one's firewall-- for whatever reason-- is not good
practice. My opinion holds that advising the less-informed to
do so, only serves to foster an erroneous impression.

Let me suggest that you revert back to offering common
sense instructions, then take the time and effort to inform
those whom you find "clueless", as opposed to simply
exacerbating ignorance as a matter of convenience...

Sid