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Using Windows Explorer to do work on my iBook's file system

I've never had adware, I've never had a virus. I've never been hacked. And I'm running Windows. So those who are laughing. Stuff it. For the geeks of the world Windows is a limping OS that simply needs to be splinted and thrown in a wheel chair. The splint being FireFox instead of Internet Imploder. The Wheel chair being ANY firewall. Oh and a shot of penicillin wouldn’t hurt a.k.a anything other then MS Lookout.
 
Windows by itself is vunerable. With a bunch of little help-full additions, it's a bomb-shelter. Of course, the Macs just dodge the bombs. Oh well.

Best part is, all these little things I use to secure my computer, are free except for the two hardware firewalls, Norton AntiVirus 2004, and ZoneAlarm Pro. Although ZoneAlarm Basic will do just as good-a-job, it dosen't have the program assistant. I got Pro to make it easier on my family using the computer. That and it is useful for some advanced work.

And where can I get Macintosh Explorer. That looks niiiiiiiice.
 
Jalexster said:
They are secure. Two spyware removal programs (Spybot and Spyware Doctor), neither find anything. One continiously scans the computer as I use it (Spyware Doctor). Tracking cookies are auto-removed (Spyware Doctor), ActiveX plugins, etc.. are not allowed to function until I give them the all clear through Spyware Doctor. I have two hardware inbound firewalls (A NetComm NB1300 ADSL Modem and a D-Link DI-624. Both set as routers, so everything is also double-routed), and one Software inbound/outbound firewall (ZoneAlarm Pro), that checks if an executable file has changed when it tries to connect to the internet, to prevent a program spoofing as a different program)

I don't use P2P programs, or any of those stupid obviously spyware filled programs (such as DAP), Firefox is my default browser, I only use Web-based Hotmail to check my e-Mail. No Outlook/Express for me. Everything through Firefox. Norton AntiVirus 2004 for AntiVirus scanning, all-auto.

Service Pack 2 won't be installed any time soon on these computers.
They also have a bunch of hacks from GRC.com to disable things like Raw sockets, and a few other vunerabilites.

All in All. Very secure. Never even had a single virus.

Oh, and by the way, did you all know that GameSpy Arcade contains adware?
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I have the same thing on my Windows as well, every week I would run Norton Antivirus, every email I sent I would do email scanning. Every once a month I would do an adware scan with the adware or Spybot. I have installed firewalls and go into windows services to disable some services manually... and some more stuff which I forgot. I have a very secure PC as well.

But my brother using the powerbook hasn't done a single thing to protect his mac and it is still running great.......
 
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