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To: Decepticon; Swordmaker

I am a very careful person (but I can't speak for my wife when I'm not home and she's got the pooter) but I keep finding viruses and trojans in Java. I finally just installed the program and deleted the entire Sun folder until I can find out what's causing the vulnerability. Any ideas?

BTW, my wife downloads a lot of these "cute" games which I'm guessing are java-based. I'm sure this is the culprit but wanted to make sure that there are no other factors involved here.


103 posted on 01/02/2006 5:37:14 PM PST by streetpreacher (If at the end of the day, 100% of both sides are not angry with me, I've failed.)
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To: streetpreacher
BTW, my wife downloads a lot of these "cute" games which I'm guessing are java-based.

What OS are you running? Whatever it is, you need to protect your computer from your wife's proclivities to download "cute" games. I suggest setting her up with a limited user account...

105 posted on 01/02/2006 5:41:16 PM PST by Swordmaker (Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs.)
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To: streetpreacher
BTW, my wife downloads a lot of these "cute" games which I'm guessing are java-based. I'm sure this is the culprit but wanted to make sure that there are no other factors involved here.

Teach your wife to scan her downloads with Antidote SuperLite. It's a free, on-demand virus scanner.

107 posted on 01/02/2006 5:48:36 PM PST by holymoly ("A lot" is TWO words.)
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