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Jason that's totally uncalled for! If anyone prefers to know exactly what is going on (as do corporate network firewalls) it's their right. I wouldn't be going around making comments like that if I were you! (talk about the pot calling the kettle black, geesh!)
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"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." -- Dr. Seuss
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Not to mention little things like spyware.
That's okay, I guess Gurm doesn't think corporate espoinage exists.Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.Comment
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"Hey, just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they're not out to get you!"
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Thats assuming you've remembered to install the very latest update from the AV company, assuming the background scanner is working perfectly or you've remembered to run the scan on demand, and assuming it actually detects the trojan/virus you've inadvertantly caught.Originally posted by Gurm
ANYWAY, the point is that you only need outbound scanning if you think you've picked up a trojan. And frankly, that's not bloody likely if you have a decent antivirus program.
- Gurm
At very least, having a firewall that does outbound scanning is a safety net if the Antivirus program fails.
Plus as others have said, there is spyware in some popular programs you might not want to let report back.Athlon XP-64/3200, 1gb PC3200, 512mb Radeon X1950Pro AGP, Dell 2005fwp, Logitech G5, IBM model M.Comment
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It's not only ET who want's to "Phone Home"
You'd be surpriced what kind of programs that want to connenct to the internet.If there's artificial intelligence, there's bound to be some artificial stupidity.
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Even IE contains spyware (alexa).Main: Dual Xeon LV2.4Ghz@3.1Ghz | 3X21" | NVidia 6800 | 2Gb DDR | SCSI
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*sigh* I hate this. I'm sorry, if you look at the previous post you will notice the missing punctuation at the end of my question.
It SHOULD have read:
"How does it feel to be senselessly paranoid? Then again, just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you..."
But APPARENTLY that all got eaten. And then someone beat me to a great quote.
- Gurm
P.S. Here's another great quote...
"Meddle not in the affairs of dragons - for you are crunchy, and tasty with ketchup."The Internet - where men are men, women are men, and teenage girls are FBI agents!
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If only life were as easy as you
I'm the least you could do, oh yeah
If only life were as easy as you
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I first saw that "paranoid" quote back in '77 on a cubicle wall at work: Its appropriateness has stuck with me all these years. Paranoia also contributes to careful programming ... that and respecting Murphy's law.<TABLE BGCOLOR=Red><TR><TD><Font-weight="+1"><font COLOR=Black>The world just changed, Sep. 11, 2001</font></Font-weight></TR></TD></TABLE>Comment
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