J D McDorce
Premium
join:2001-12-29
Westland, MI | Chicken or Egg?
This is somewhat of an ironic twist, as it is largely believed that "broadband" subscribers, with "always on" connections, are the one's that need the updates the most. |
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Thaler
Premium
join:2004-02-02
Encino, CA
| Heh, my experiences with fixing PCs has really impressed me with how much crap can happen to dial-up PCs. Exploit-using viruses like Blaster, fairly large-sized downloads of Spyware, etc...dial-up users can experience the same full-on gambit of nasties that plague broadband PCs.
Just because someone has a crappy internet connection doesn't mean that they have good PC habits.  |
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totamak
And they call me nuts?
join:2000-10-24
Los Angeles, CA | reply to J D McDorce
Keep in mind that exploits (worms, trojans, etc.) are very compact. A typical malware program is about 4-12 K in size, that's only a few seconds on dial-up. |
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