Re: Back To My Original Question--

2005-10-31, Responding to Ron Hubbard...
> Thanks, Paul.
>
> I had seen that page before, but I want to warn anyone who looks at
> that there's a nasty adware program attached to that page that will
> start people without a good firewall to be getting that "Your Registry
> has been corrupt and you must use yada, yada, yada to fix it." Or go to
> some unknown website to buy some program. Those seem harmless, but they
> can lead to viruses, trojan horses, and continuous false messages
> coming from the Messenger Service. I had to wipe my entire system and
> re-install Windows to get rid all the adware problems.

Logic dictates that if (if already? Ha!) Windows (and it's
applications) is open to virus infestation (and remote
exploitation of its patched/botched code/processes), and you
re-install it, it will still be open to virus infestation
etc. (Hint = It is.)

Therefore, logically, to avoid running a virus-vunerable
computer, the solution would clearly be to start by
replacing the vunerable operating system (and applications)
with one that can be secured against such things.

And its not as if there are no viable (and securable!)
alternatives available, and its not as if these often far
more capable alternatives are not free to download and use
as you like.

May I suggest a peek at...

www.Slackware.com
www.VectorLinux.com
www.FreeBSD.org

....to whet your appetite for a securable OS? :)

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