"Pop'" <nodoby.DeleteThis@devnull.spamcop.net> wrote in message
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> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM wrote:
>> "John John" <audetweld.DeleteThis@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
>> news:O9q4zVc%23GHA.4428@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Pop'" <nodoby.DeleteThis@devnull.spamcop.net> wrote in message
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>>>>
>>>>> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you don't get infected why do you need outgoing protection?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Are you for real? And you're claiming you're an MVP? IFF you're
>>>>> actually an MVP and not a poser, you need your status revoked. And
>>>>> BTW, you don't answer questions with questions; you answer
>>>>> them with answers. Dummy.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have been using
computer since 1979. I have never been infected.
>>>
>>> In which case, when the MSBLAST worm came out you were running
>>> Windows 9x or if you were running an NT version you weren't
>>> connected to the internet, or you manually blocked the opened ports
>>> to the worm.
>>>> I only use the Windows firewall. I have an anti-virus and an
>>>> anti-spyware
>>>> running. They never find anything. I repeat, if you're not
>>>> infected what do you need outbound protection for?
>>>
>>> We know that you are an experienced user, you know what is going on
>>> with you
computer. For the others who aren't so smart they should
>>> have outbound protection and outbound notice of what is trying to
>>> access the outside world. Unless you think that having things like
>>> Adobe, Intellimouse and what not calling home once a month or
>>> sneaking around in the background while you surf the net is a good
>>> thing. John
>>>
>>
>> Not true. I was running WinXP with all u
pdates and it did not hit me.
>
> lol, WHAT didn't get you? You also neglected to mention the av and
> spyware
monitors you mentioned earlier, plus who knows what else? Enigma;
> that's all you remind me of.
>
> Pop'
>
>
The one John John mentioned in his post.
AV was AVG (probably - might have been E-Trust back then).
No anti-spyware. Also no spyware.
--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
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