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Title: Please update your anti-virus.. at least once every five years
Post by: Clive on June 23, 2011, 10:52

Old malware just doesn't die, it seems. After more than seven years, the MyDoom worm is still being regularly intercepted in Sophos's spam traps. Learn more about the worm, and how some people seem to have not updated their anti-virus protection in a very long time.

LINK (http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/06/17/please-update-your-anti-virus-at-least-once-every-five-years/)

Title: Re: Please update your anti-virus.. at least once every five years
Post by: Rik on June 23, 2011, 10:56

 ;D

Title: Re: Please update your anti-virus.. at least once every five years
Post by: Simon on June 23, 2011, 11:51

Ridiculous!  They should be banned from the networks. 

Title: Re: Please update your anti-virus.. at least once every five years
Post by: sam on June 23, 2011, 12:59

Yeah or at least infected users should be sent a letter

Title: Re: Please update your anti-virus.. at least once every five years
Post by: daveeb on June 23, 2011, 13:16

I feel really smug  as i updated mine only 4 years ago  :thumbs:  If only all other users were so well prepared  :crazy:
I can say with some pride that nothing gets past my windows 3.1 running bulldog av these days.  :)x

Title: Re: Please update your anti-virus.. at least once every five years
Post by: Simon on June 23, 2011, 13:57

:lol2:

Title: Re: Please update your anti-virus.. at least once every five years
Post by: Rik on June 23, 2011, 15:07

Quote from: daveeb on June 23, 2011, 13:16

I feel really smug  as i updated mine only 4 years ago  :thumbs:  If only all other users were so well prepared  :crazy:
I can say with some pride that nothing gets past my windows 3.1 running bulldog av these days.  :)x

Including most software? ;)

Title: Re: Please update your anti-virus.. at least once every five years
Post by: daveeb on June 23, 2011, 15:13

Quote from: Rik on June 23, 2011, 15:07

Including most software? ;)

Very true Rik  :P  Thinking about it I'm struggling to think what extra software i originally ran on my win95, 16 K,  1.2 Gb beast   :stars:

Title: Re: Please update your anti-virus.. at least once every five years
Post by: Rik on June 23, 2011, 15:17

Solitaire? ;D

Title: Re: Please update your anti-virus.. at least once every five years
Post by: sam on June 23, 2011, 15:22

Championship manager.

Title: Re: Please update your anti-virus.. at least once every five years
Post by: Rik on June 23, 2011, 15:23

I wasn't that sophisticated, Sam, I never made it past Pagemaker then. :)

Title: Re: Please update your anti-virus.. at least once every five years
Post by: sam on June 23, 2011, 16:06

That was the reason I had a computer then - games

Title: Re: Please update your anti-virus.. at least once every five years
Post by: Rik on June 23, 2011, 16:09

Ah, sweet mystery of youth. ;)

Title: Re: Please update your anti-virus.. at least once every five years
Post by: Clive on June 23, 2011, 19:55

Quote from: daveeb on June 23, 2011, 13:16

I feel really smug  as i updated mine only 4 years ago  :thumbs:  If only all other users were so well prepared  :crazy:
I can say with some pride that nothing gets past my windows 3.1 running bulldog av these days.  :)x

A man after my own heart Dave. I had bulldog installed on a win 95 machine.  The damn thing used to bark all the time and scare the wits out of me.   :)x

Title: Re: Please update your anti-virus.. at least once every five years
Post by: chorleydave on June 23, 2011, 20:35

Thanks for the reminder.  I'll update mine during my two months summer break.  :)