[softwarelist] Re: Another Windows horror story

David Pilling <flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In message <333e63554f.tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Tim Powys-Lybbe
> <tim@xxxxxxxxx> writes
> > Have you any idea how it got onto your machine?  Is there a learning
> > point there for the rest of us?
> 
> I believe off a web site. The usual problem is that one looks something up
> on Google and then jumps off to many web sites. No memory of which they
> were and not ones that one is familiar with.
> 
> Such random web sites often throw up all kinds of pop ups and adverts.
> 
> I'd say the big warning sign was that Internet Explorer crashed -
> completely. I think that crash was the virus making use of a flaw in IE to
> install itself.
> 
> The lesson is keep automatic updates on.

Better to change to Linux!  I did so a short time ago and finally settled on
LinuxMINT.  Excellent distribution., with a very enthusiastic community
support group.

Regards from New Zealand on a very warm and humid Sunday evening.

Zed


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zed

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