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From: Dave Mayall <>
Subject: Re: WARNING - Dangerous messages from Hertfordshire
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 12:41:48 +0100
References: <wmOI8.47323$Kp.4867247@bin7.nnrp.aus1.giganews.com>, <UyOI8.1649$Cn4.83263@news1.telusplanet.net>, <1LOI8.52358$Oa1.4969570@bin8.nnrp.aus1.giganews.com>


SkyNet News wrote:
>
> Obviously the correct approach is a good antiviral program and keeping
> signatures current. But it does little harm to add one little item like that
> as another tool in the armory.

Actually, the correct approach is vigilance, and not using tools that
are vulnerable to viruses.

Virus scanners are themselves merely another tool in the armory,
and people who believe that they will be protected by an AV tool
are simply an infection waiting to happen.

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