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From: Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com>
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Subject: Re: Comparison of Anti-Virus software
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On 5/10/2020 10:52 AM, Shadow wrote:

> 	FWIW, I haven't used a resident AV for ages.... and I'm on XP.
> 	Safe hex is the way to go with any OS.



As far as I'm concerned, there are *four* ways to go, and none of them 
should be omitted:

Safe Hex
Antivirus program
Antispyware program
Firewall

What you do is of course up to you, not me, but as far as I'm concerned, 
relying just on safe hex is foolhardy. There's always a chance that you 
will make a mistake some day when you're very tired, have had too much 
to drink, having just had a fight with your spouse, etc.

-- 
Ken