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Re:McAfee quarantines svchost.exe on millions of WinXP machi... by jbm on Wednesday April 21, 2010 @08:00PM (#1283602)
Actually I was the same (while I was running a Windows box). I used to work for an anti-malware company too, and my experiences there pretty much agrees what everyone says about Norton / etc...

I don't open attachments from strangers, I don't have warez on my computer, and I call / confirm when I get a word doc. (It doesn't matter because I do the conversion on googledocs anyway).

I know not everyone is fortunate enough to do all of that, but it is entirely possible to avoid viruses if one really wants to.

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Re:McAfee quarantines svchost.exe on millions of WinXP machi... by Khaki on Thursday April 22, 2010 @09:48AM (#1285030)
Not anymore. If you receive a targeted attack or a 0-day attack vector through a firefox, pdf or even libpng vulnerability, the only real way you can be safe is to unplug your computer from the internet.
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