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On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 23:16:03 +0000, Yorkshire Pudding <> wrote:
>On 10 Mar 2005 15:01:51 -0800, "DW" <DrWoodardOnDS@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>KDE wrote:
>>> there are companies now selling virus protection for the pocketPC.
>>however,
>>> before you buy you might ask yourself, what danger is there really ?
>>This brings up the question where do viruses come from? Sometimes I
>>wonder
>>if the ultimate source of viruses sometime are the anti virus
>>companies?
>>
>>
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>>
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>>> what could a virus do that you couldn't hard reset your
>>> device back to factory state and re-install your apps? a hard re-set
>>is not
>>> as bad as many people make it out to be (and sometimes a good idea).
>>Come back and tell me that the next time you have to do a hard reset
>>and spend alot of hours reinstalling all your software and resetting
>>the device up.
>>
>>
>>
>>> unless
>>> they come up with a virus that could somehow mess up the original ROM
>>image,
>>> there is not much a virus could do that you couldn't fix in about 15
>>minutes
>>> with minimal effort. - of course, that's just my opinion.
>>Well now that ppcs are now coming with built in phones why couldn't a
>>virus
>>do something like call 911 and get you arrested for making nusisance
>>calls
>>to 911? Or infecting other users? Or maybe getting you kiled becasue
>>you
>>can't use your phone in an emergecny becuase the virus drainted the
>>battery?
>>Or maybe you get your cell phone bill and found a virus called China a
>>few thousand times?
>>
>>Since some ppcs have the abilty to upgrade the OS through burning it
>>into
>>the ROM, could a virus take advantage of this and burn itself into the
>>ROM?
>>
>>Never underestimate the ability of that person down the street who
>>hates Bill Gates and Microsoft to create havac against any product
>>that uses Microsoft software.
>>
>>Just because the abilities are limited now doesn't mean that will
>>always be
>>the case.
>
>Could we have that in English please?
>
>Yorkshire Pudding
>
>ICQ: 321716099
Seriously though, I use McAfee on my PC and it not only covers my PPC
but also my Psion 3MX. I may be wrong, but I feel reasonably secure
with it.
Yorkshire Pudding
ICQ: 321716099