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Old 06-25-2008, 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Bilgepump View Post
As with all things, it depends.

I don't run any sort of anti-virus or firewall on my Windows PC.

I -do- have a nice hardware router that blocks all incoming connection attempts.

I -don't- use Internet Explorer as my browser. I use Firefox.

I -don't- use Outlook for my email. I use Thunderbird.

I -don't- click on any random attachements that come up in my email. And even if I did, I use Thunderbird. It won't execute attachments.

And I've never gotten infected with anything.
Bilge,

Sounds like you are one computer saavy pirate. However for the typical folk out there some sort of protection is probably best.