Linked by Jeremy LaCroix on Wed 13th Aug 2003 16:59 UTC
I am a "Technologist", a Technology enthusiast that is usually the one that is called should a major catastrophe strike an end user. My saga of computer rescues becomes a plot that is ever so thickening, if not only for the fact that's it's becoming incredibly easy for hackers and malicious code writers these days to invade personal property to find, seek, and destroy. Each year, virus and hacker threats increase, and in addition the damage trail left behind is something of a problem. Not to forget, a majority of "PC Panic" cases I've come across are often times the same common, "major" problem.
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Well, I do believe that antivirus software is extremely important, but using MSBlast as a major incentive to get the software is invlalid. My computer was never infected with the virus, but my cousin's computer was. The thing is, he had the virus more than week before the new virus definitions in Norton AV could pick it up. I was at his house and was noticing all the funky stuff going on. We ran Norton with the latest definitions, and nothing. My point is, yes, antivirus software is neccessary, but if you are an average computer user, chances are you are going to be hit by a serious virus. There will always be these people whose computers will spread viruses like this, simply because they lack the knownledge the is required to prevent themselves from doing so.