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And violent cats http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

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Well that one makes sense... Some cats are insane.

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Indeed, but I've remembered "violent death" expression for some reason http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/rolleyes.gif

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"I'm about to expirience a terminal case of death...."
"As opposed to a Non-Terminal Case of Death?"

A strange conversation I got involved in once...

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you can just disconnect when your not using it

and phone line >> router >> computer is the way to go.

AVG is very good with updates. For virus.

But truefully the most important thing to do is to read an learn. And understand why things happen.

If your going to use a fire wall. Read about it and learn it.

If your going to use adware software read about it.



I would recommend for browsing problems to update your host file to block out adds. Look for someone Online who does this and constantly update your host file. Sites such as this link
http://www.everythingisnt.com/hosts.html


Virus software should be set to update every 6 hours and have it constantly scanning all inbound traffic.

Firewalls are good. If you use them properly.

Learn to read log files and understand them.

Then read up on how to hack a computer.

Start with a nice easy book like Hacking for Dummies.

Learn how to hack and you will learn how to protect.

and follow the advice that sivran gives .. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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How about a suggestion for an Outlook replacement? I tried Eudora a while back but I didn't like it. It felt sluggish and unreliable compared to OE.

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A lot of people have suggested Mozilla Thunderbird, but it doesn't support certain e-mail services (like hotmail) if memory serves me correctly, i'm sure Fyron will advocate this sooner or later http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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Pegasus Mail is great. (especially for handling multiple accounts)

Anything that doesn't use IE's rendering engine is a cut above Outlook.

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Hmm, telco says the package includes a NAT secure capable modem / router whatever that means. Considering the remoteness of the Solomon Islands, and the impossibility of getting any technical support whatsoever from whatever I buy myself here, I guess I'm sticking to that.

Now I wonder if I will get it working in time for Christmas, then I'm junking all these crappy-graphics turn-based strategy games and play those bandwidth eating, super snazzy Online twitch games instead. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

Nah, just kidding.

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Ever wonder why people don't write viruses for other Operating Systems? I believe its because they cannot.

I read an interesting rumor the other day in the paper. It was an editorial by some guy who claimed that the first virus writer worked for apple computers and was hired by Steve Jobbs to write viruses exclusively for Windows 95 as pay back for what Bill Gates did to Apple.

I damn near fell out of my chair laughing at his ubsered conspiricy theory. Hell this guy probably believes that Bill Gates bought DOS for $50,000 after he licensed it to IBM. What a crack pot.