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Common Sense, in users.
There are a few of us in the community that go around and assist the retirees. One of the common problems, is that they believe since it is a computer, it will do all those updates automatically...after all it IS a computer... and computers in cars do things automatically.

There are some friends that don't take the time to do the updates too. They're usually the ones that call at 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning, crying and whining over their machines...they couldn't sleep, flipped on the computer and now it's sock full of germs.

Sure, I'll help them; but I also dig and find out when the machine is generally on, then setup their scheduler to do the tasks "they're too busy to do".

It's cut down my night-time calls to 2 or 3 a week...whew!
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CA Antivirus  Too Old For IT | 05/03/05
3 steps to avoid this . . .  CobraA1 | 05/03/05
You forgot the most important one  jmervyn | 05/03/05
Yes, I agree.. that should be #1  Xunil_Sierutuf | 05/03/05
YES andboycot tthose REQUIRING you use IE to visit their web sites, (EBAY)  jrbeaman | 05/03/05
Agreed, but eBay is not IE only  shadowjk | 05/03/05
Problem  ykira@... | 05/03/05
cobra you are right to bad other people can not see this  Power User | 05/03/05
Sober  jlboland | 05/03/05
Answer  tamuhockey | 05/03/05
Common Sense  jion | 05/03/05
Common Sense revisited  tamuhockey | 05/03/05
Amen ... but  rick752 | 05/03/05
Common Sense, in users.  walterreads@... | 05/03/05
ISP's cant be resopnsible for people clicking on attachments  jrbeaman | 05/03/05
Or simply use Pegasus  starmaster | 05/03/05
Only solves YOUR problem, not the issue.  jrbeaman | 05/03/05
Pegasus works well but..  walterreads@... | 05/03/05
Trogans,Worms,& all the rest  polrbear@... | 05/03/05
not really the best defense  Sxooter_z | 05/03/05
simpler and dumber...  dalecosp | 05/03/05
Doesn't keep your computer from passing them on tho.  jrbeaman | 05/03/05
All very well and fine EXCEPT...  Wolfie2K3 | 05/03/05
Attachments from Friends...  walterreads@... | 05/03/05
xTerminator + ZoneAlarm + AVG  artplus@... | 05/03/05
Last time I got a virus...  Sxooter_z | 05/03/05
key sentence converted to unix!!!!!!!!  Power User | 05/03/05
Once again...  Linux User 147560 | 05/03/05
RE: Once again  knopf@... | 05/06/05
RE Once Again  PhoenixStorm26 | 05/06/05
Majority vs minority  Sabz5150 | 05/03/05
Majority vs. Minority  tamuhockey | 05/03/05
IIS is a joke.  jrbeaman | 05/03/05
Keyword: Unix  walterreads@... | 05/03/05
Yes, wear all that body armor and helmet when you drive...  Xunil_Sierutuf | 05/03/05
xTerminator + ZoneAlarm + AVG  nightshade0143 | 05/03/05
RE:  iwish40 | 05/04/05
LOL poor winblows users  LinuxSystems | 05/06/05
And here we have an example of a Flawed by Design(TM) OS.  Xunil_Sierutuf | 05/03/05
so you added another step  Power User | 05/03/05
That's 2 steps, my math challenged friend.  Xunil_Sierutuf | 05/03/05
'woo woo"??  dalecosp | 05/03/05
Xunil_Sierutuf  tmartin827@... | 05/03/05
Aha! Team 99 finally replies!  Xunil_Sierutuf | 05/03/05
What's so difficult about it?  Sabz5150 | 05/03/05
lose all data.  jrbeaman | 05/03/05
It's not the OS....  rob.astleford@... | 05/03/05
Emails should be plain text with no attachments  DRLDEV | 05/03/05
So very true  alterego_z | 05/03/05
Wanna see Carmen Electra naked?  s_gamgee | 05/03/05
Heh Heh ehh...  boomslang_z | 05/03/05
You are correct except.....  jrbeaman | 05/03/05
Plain Text Emails  walterreads@... | 05/03/05
Worms, Viruses, Trojans, and Society.  the wolfman_z | 05/03/05
Curiosity?  trm1945 | 05/03/05
Well... how many email addresses are there?  dalecosp | 05/03/05
nice speach, and lets use  jrbeaman | 05/03/05
Re: Worms, Trojans, Virus's, Society  walterreads@... | 05/03/05
Um..... I'm confused...  robgroh | 05/06/05
Your Valuable Information  sandybme44 | 05/03/05
KUDOS TO Sandy!  jrbeaman | 05/03/05
Food for Thought  rick752 | 05/03/05
Easy answer  jrbeaman | 05/03/05
Why Microsft Hides Extensions By Default  Lisanne001 | 05/03/05
Re: Food for Thought  walterreads@... | 05/03/05
Yes, they should stop!  rick752 | 05/04/05
Lame Stupid actions of admins leads ...  boomslang_z | 05/03/05
Stupid by definition if they use IIS, or XPhome.  jrbeaman | 05/03/05
IIS or XPHome  walterreads@... | 05/03/05
Lame Stupid Action of Admins  walterreads@... | 05/03/05
So, you actually are agreeing with me...  boomslang_z | 05/04/05
ISP's  ykira@... | 05/03/05
ISP's: Al Gore  walterreads@... | 05/03/05
! more Thought!!!  rsiron2000@... | 05/06/05
Sober or any virus  gravesj@... | 05/06/05

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