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Hello Gary,
Thanks, Gary. I have used The Bat for several years now and have never
had problems either but now its nice to know why.
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Best regards,
Jim Johnson mailto:jejohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Monday, April 29, 2002, 3:15:19 PM, you wrote:
>> Why is it that Pegasus is better at warding off viri than OE? Is
>> it because hackers know OE is everywhere or do the other(s) have
>> special features that protect from viri?
GF> LookOut Express is the worst piece of virusware on the internet. It
GF> is seething with bugs and security holes. It is also one of the
GF> biggest targets around, since so many people use it, so it's an
GF> attractive target for the virus writers.
GF> Pegasus doesn't have all of OE's cutesy features. You won't find too
GF> much mail from Pegasus users with background GIFs and watermarks and
GF> other bandwidth-wasters like that.
GF> Pegasus also doesn't have any special security features. It's just
GF> not as buggy nor as popular as OE.
GF> I've run Pegasus for years. Until very recently I **NEVER** ran any
GF> anti-virus software and I **NEVER** got infected. I received oodles
GF> of virus mail, but since Pegasus didn't auto-execute it like OE will,
GF> and since most of the targeted-at-OE attacks wouldn't work on Pegasus
GF> anyway, it was never a problem.
GF> I made one small change to my Pegasus setup so that if I accidentally
GF> double-clicked on any kind of executable attachment, it would open it
GF> in a text editor instead of executing it. That way I can't launch a
GF> virus from my mailer even if I try. And now that I'm running an AV
GF> package (which unfortunately won't integrate with Pegasus), it will
GF> catch and quarantine any virus files I save to disk before I can
GF> execute them.
GF> Outlook Express is the enabler for nearly all viruses on the net.
GF> Don't use it and you'll eliminate 99% of your virus problems in one
GF> step.
GF> Gary
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