New Computer? Six Steps to Safer Surfing

Sun Dec 19 23:49:28 UTC 2004

Sean Donelan wrote:

>...the infection rate of Home/SOHO computers with AV/firewalls is higher than "naked" computers.
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please, where does this information come from?  are you sitting on proof 
that the Home AV/Security industry is *complete* FUD?  :)

>What's more interesting is the highest infection rate of all is for homes
>with laptop/mobile computers.
>

is that so?  please, where does *this* information come from?  it might 
seem intuitively correct, but i'd like to see some numbers and other 
data to back these claims up.

thanks

-d