The message 20050408111432.GN3140@thebowery.co.uk from Adam Bower adam@thebowery.co.uk contains these words:
On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 11:56:11AM +0100, Anthony Anson wrote:
Apparently your anti-virus software needs updating ;)
With decent mail/newshandling programs and some care when connected to the WWW this isn't really an issue. I've been on the 'net now for more than nine years, with no firewall and no AV program, running my net software under Windows, and have never been infected with any sort of malware. (Yes, I've checked with all sorts of programs)
Aye, you said decent software which I quite agree with the relative safety that using decent software would give you on windows although, the original poster is using Outlook Express ;)
I didn't like to point that out...
Outpuke and Outlurk Depress were the first two bits to be unisntalled when I got this pre-fenestrated box.