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To: D-fendr
Sorry again. I didn't mean to imply that absolutely nothing was required after buying the 'puter - only that an almost hassle-free secure computing environment exists today.

Again, what's the downside to using IE for me? I don't need to maintain it. I don't have any spyware on my box at all. It can't get any easier.
51 posted on 05/11/2005 2:11:40 PM PDT by Bush2000
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To: Bush2000
Again, what's the downside to using IE for me? I don't need to maintain it. I don't have any spyware on my box at all. It can't get any easier.

It's more the Windows overhead that could be little easier anyway: no antivirus or spysweepers to buy, install or manage, or worry about conflicts, or setting up a secure Windows install, and then those occassions where you have to reinstall..

But, I think you probably have your stuff pretty tight and down to an efficient maintenance schedule. It's more the average Joe, Jane or Grandma Sue user who sucks wind on security.

Then there's the business user - usually an exec or laptop user - who seems to find a way to get infected every month or two. There's quite a bit of overhead in corp technology spent on keeping it as productive as it is, still stuff gets through and even if it doesn't that's money that could be spent on better things..

54 posted on 05/11/2005 3:29:06 PM PDT by D-fendr
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