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Mole
04-30-04, 04:33 PM
I am giving up on his computer (actually, my old computer), because I am tired of deleting viruses every other day. I tell him every day to watch what he opens in his email, if you don't recognize the sender and it has an attachment, LEAVE IT ALONE. Delete it. It's that old Nimda worm, I don't know how it got here, but from what I read, it's not really harmful, it's just a mass-mailing worm, so I am gonna leave it alone... It probably explains why I get so much damn junkmail, though.
Lollan
04-30-04, 05:15 PM
KEEP YOUR DAD AWAY FROM COMPUTERS
opus512
04-30-04, 05:16 PM
A/V program? Spam blocker? Firewall? Bitch slap?
Apoch003
04-30-04, 05:36 PM
I like option number 4!
Ailuros
04-30-04, 05:38 PM
I like option number 4!

I can't figure out why... :evil:
Thetargos
04-30-04, 07:03 PM
I like option number 4!
I can't figure out why... :evil:

ROFL @ those!

Seriously though, have you considered asking him (nicely) to change his e-mail client program? Have him try Thunderbird or even Eudora instead of MS-OL/E.
Simian
04-30-04, 07:24 PM
KEEP YOUR DAD AWAY FROM COMPUTERS

:lol:

+1

Or just get some good anti-virus stuff setup, doesn't norton have the e-mail scanning feature?
Slippydog
04-30-04, 09:06 PM
Avast is your friend
Flash
04-30-04, 09:21 PM
Just tell your dad he is grounded from the computer, and he can't use it until he learns how to use it properly because its not a toy lol, just like when parents tell kids why they can't do shit but in reverse!
Sir_Gallahad
04-30-04, 09:22 PM
Avast is your friend

Your sig is longer than God
Thetargos
04-30-04, 09:22 PM
Just tell your dad he is grounded from the computer, and he can't use it until he learns how to use it properly because its not a toy lol, just like when parents tell kids why they can't do shit but in reverse!
That'd be a good one! :bigthumb:
Slippydog
05-01-04, 12:44 AM
Your sig is longer than God
HOW LONG IS GOD?
Bloodycape
05-01-04, 01:11 AM
HOW LONG IS GOD?

3 lines shorter than your sig :D
Plaster
05-01-04, 03:55 AM
I am giving up on his computer (actually, my old computer), because I am tired of deleting viruses every other day. I tell him every day to watch what he opens in his email, if you don't recognize the sender and it has an attachment, LEAVE IT ALONE. Delete it. It's that old Nimda worm, I don't know how it got here, but from what I read, it's not really harmful, it's just a mass-mailing worm, so I am gonna leave it alone... It probably explains why I get so much damn junkmail, though.

AVG is free and it has an e-mail scanner. I had my dad's and brother's using it for about a year and neither ever got infected with a virus. It's harder to setup than say NAV, but shouldn't be too much trouble.
Lollan
05-01-04, 10:49 AM
AVG is free and it has an e-mail scanner. I had my dad's and brother's using it for about a year and neither ever got infected with a virus. It's harder to setup than say NAV, but shouldn't be too much trouble.


Word, i swear by AVG now...
FluxCapacitor
05-01-04, 11:12 AM
I wonder if virii will run under Wine... :evil:
Thetargos
05-01-04, 11:36 AM
I wonder if virii will run under Wine... :evil:
ROFL... No use, I've already tried... :mecry: The Wine API is not that great... Maybe WineX? :hmm: :evil:
Maniac
05-01-04, 12:43 PM
AVG is free and it has an e-mail scanner. I had my dad's and brother's using it for about a year and neither ever got infected with a virus. It's harder to setup than say NAV, but shouldn't be too much trouble.
get 6.0 cause the new 7.0 is free for only thirty days
Ailuros
05-01-04, 08:03 PM
Your sig is longer than God

I have them disabled for a reason :P
Ailuros
05-01-04, 08:04 PM
AVG is free and it has an e-mail scanner. I had my dad's and brother's using it for about a year and neither ever got infected with a virus. It's harder to setup than say NAV, but shouldn't be too much trouble.


If it has a spam folder I'm sold ;)
Rainbow
05-02-04, 10:24 AM
I presume dad never worked out how to program the video either.
BloodyL
05-02-04, 11:18 AM
So he's a 12 o'clock flasher then?
Akira
05-02-04, 12:32 PM
Word, i swear by AVG now...
:zord:
Priceless_Dabson!~
05-02-04, 01:20 PM
try giving him a Playschool PC maybe he won't notice........:D~~~~~~

Or tell your dad to stop downloading porn and he won't get viruses anymore.......
BloodyL
05-02-04, 01:30 PM
I wondered about the effectiveness of AVG6 for ages now as I've had it installed on both mine and the downstairs PC and I've never had a virus alert.
That is until yesterday when it caught the bagle worm on the downstairs PC.
Due credit to mother though, she lets me know instantly to any dodgy looking emails.