Posted on 06/25/2004 1:53:54 PM PDT by familyop
Obviously they are, as we've both just seen it with our very eyes.
Sorry, usually only good when they are interested in the best ways to block system attacks or hacks. Attempting to "out invent" the hackers in finding new exploits is pretty useless, we can barely keep up with their new methods as it is. As cybersecurity continues to grow in importance, which is inevitable, it will begin to more closely resemble typical law enforcement. And there are very very few in legitimate law enforcement who spend their time investigating new ways to exploit and override existing security precautions. Some, but the bulk is investigations into those commiting the crimes, not finding new criminal methods superior to those already shown.
See, this is why people don't take you seriously. If you would discuss the issues without assigning motive to how an article is posted, perhaps you would get a better response.
Rats. The eagle caught me. Damn, he's good. Now my cover's blown and I lost my gravy train from the Communist Party USA.
I want to thank everyone who gave me tips and ideas and finally the courage to dump my IE and outlook browsers. WOW I really love firefox and thunderbird. i have spent the weekend downloading extensions and tweaking the browser. i even downloaded the mozilla browser just for fun but i like firefox much better. its nice to have friends like you guys who dont mind helping a PC layperson so again thanks to everyone!
Good tip GE. That's how I've had mine set up, and it's stayed pretty clean. Less then 35 spyware programs the first time I cleaned it. I always run Pop-up Stopper when I use IE now, and that has helped a bunch too. I use Foxfire a lot nowadays mainly cause it's a lot faster on my old computer (PII 333). I've heard there's a new version of IE coming out with XP SP2, sounds like they've made some good improvements with it.
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