dannysdailys
join:2000-09-29
Lockport, NY
| reply to DHRacer
Re: Just the tip of the iceberg...
"it would be less hassle down the road. Or for AOL, who knows that users will click on anything (Earthlink users, too, considering the official looking email attacks these days on both company's users)."
Isn't it time to stop talking this nonsense? It's totally unproductive and I have seen some of these sites. They're very easy to fall for. They even fake the URL now. Even Pay Pal, with security second to none has been affected with this. AOL has matured and so have it's users. Obviously you haven't seen a copy of AOL 9. Far from simple, it's probably one of the most complex pieces of ISP software I've ever seen, and I've seen a lot. You can spend days just setting it up. And AOL9 is not unique, see my article on AOL8+ for broadband. »www.dannysdailys.com/tips/dan41.html
Quite the contrary, I find offices to be the largest harborers of spyware and virus's anywhere. People that work in offices don't worry near as much about security at work, as they do at home. They have "staff" to fix it. Small companies that don't have unlimited resources to spend on staff, really get caught in the cross hairs. They don't even understand the issues, let alone the solutions and that has nothing to do with AOL. sheesh...
Anyone who surfs the net, I mean really surfs the net! Knows how easy it is to catch malware these days. It's everywhere. I applaud AOL for going after it. They, at least, want to take care of their people. The anti virus system they set up is second to none. They took a lot of heat over shutting down Microsoft's Windows Messenger, in these very forums. Now Microsoft has followed suit. It's pretty bad when it takes AOL to get Microsoft to act.
Never forget, not one AOL user's computer has ever automatically sent a virus infected email. No one else can say that. AOL, it seems, has become a haven for security. That's nothing to laugh or scoff at.
The Internet has become a very dark place. We should applaud any and everyone who fights these battles. Go AOL! Who knows, others shamed, the way Microsoft was, may just follow suit.
I hope so, AOL can't do it alone...
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