It was amateurish FUD.
Dial-up connections are inherently better for computer security -- IF the
ISP is secure AND the user is savvy and sophisticated.
DSH
"MICHAEL" <u158627_emr2@dslr.net> wrote in message
news:eqn2eCYaHHA.596@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> You use Symantec/Norton products, right?
>
> What Charlie or the other poster said is not FUD.
>
> -Michael
>
> "D. Spencer Hines" <poguemidden@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:e4vug8XaHHA.4872@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Perhaps it's just because dial-up users may be less computer savvy and
>> sophisticated and don't always keep adware, spyware and antivirus
>> capabilities updated regularly.
>>
>> Lots of FUD below.
>>
>> DSH
>>
>> "Charlie Tame" <charlie@tames.net> wrote in message
>> news:OV6zYCXaHHA.4692@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>
>>> MeNotKnow wrote:
>>
>>>> Some people seem to think that a slow connection, or part time
>>>> connection is more secure. But it's not. Dial-up users get eaten alive
>>>> by malware all the time. The "safer" thing is a total urban myth.
>>>>
>>>> (Take it from a guy who has pulled tons of malware of computers on
>>>> dial-up connections. Many of which, I might add, had a mountain of
>>>> Norton/Symantec security crap piled onto them. Not only did it not
>>>> block the stuff, it couldn't get rid of the stuff after it let it
>>>> through).
>>>
>>> You can say that again. For some reason though it seems that many times
>>> you remove the worthless crap, get the machine running well again and
>>> give it back, then the first thing they do is reinstall Systemworks
>>> because they didn't feel safe without it 