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| Guest | More Security With Windows Dial-Up Internet Connection Than With Broadband? Is there more inherent possible security in a Dial-Up Internet Connection than with Broadband, or not? Why? Thanks. DSH |
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| Guest | Re: More Security With Windows Dial-Up Internet Connection Than With Broadband? 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). "D. Spencer Hines" <poguemidden@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:%23jclXUCYHHA.4232@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Is there more inherent possible security in a Dial-Up Internet Connection > than with Broadband, or not? > > Why? > > Thanks. > > DSH > |
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| Guest | Re: More Security With Windows Dial-Up Internet Connection Than With Broadband? "D. Spencer Hines" <poguemidden@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:%23jclXUCYHHA.4232@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Is there more inherent possible security in a Dial-Up Internet Connection > than with Broadband, or not? No, dial-up is not inherently more secure than broadband. It provides the same kind of connection to the internet at the level that matters. You might be slightly less likely to be targetted intentionally by someone trying to hack into PCs to use as a spam zombie or whatever, but this is a choice that person may or may not make because the connection to your computer 'seems a bit slow for some reason'. |
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| Guest | Re: More Security With Windows Dial-Up Internet Connection Than WithBroadband? 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 ![]() |
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| Guest | Re: More Security With Windows Dial-Up Internet Connection Than With Broadband? 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 ![]() |
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| Guest | Re: More Security With Windows Dial-Up Internet Connection Than With Broadband? 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 ![]() > > |
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| Guest | Re: More Security With Windows Dial-Up Internet Connection Than With Broadband? 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 ![]() |
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