From: Peter Marshall (petermarshall@cix.co.uk)
Date: 12/03/02-04:15:24 AM Z
> on 12/2/02 2:58 PM, Nick Makris at nick@mcn.org wrote:
>
> > More than that, if you have a virus that kills your hard drive, it
> > will
> > probably cause both the same problem.
> >
>
> In my ten years as a Mac Admin, I have never had a virus destroy
> anything on
> the 50+ machines I support. One of the benefits of living in a .exe free
> world.
>
>
Fortunately if you run proper anti-virus software with regular updates PC
systems have a similar record. Well set up PC networks have a daily
automatic check for virus updates. My home machine also checks daily if
online - I think it is worth the $25 or so a year it costs me.
Most of the problems on PCs currently are mail viruses, which can be
avoided by using suitable mail software even without antivirus software.
Peter Marshall
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