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GOODDOG
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hi tomkin.
i have a fairly good grasp of computers but i am definitely not up to the standard of you people. i have no intentions of switching from my ie.
it was reading you gentlemen saying about ubuntu etc. which made me want to know what these systems were. two i am curious of . one is cclean, what is it.
another is something nick mensioned was some kind of spywear, it began with an a. nick said it only cost a few pounds. i pay just under £40.
by asking these questions i am learning from your replies. i think this is a wonderful site and enjoy reading the replies to different questions in all topics.
to all who have taken the time to reply to my questions thank you very much.
thank you tomkin for mensioning the the local centers. i did that when i retired and enjoyed getting my diplomas. 
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tomkin
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Hi gooddog,
Click on this link:-http://www.computeractive.co.uk/
Type the word into the search facility and press go.
You will then have more information than you will ever
need. just click on the articles.
Also look on the menu bar such as downloads. You will find more
programmes than you will ever need etc. Personally I always go
for the "Freebies" 
Please always take great care with computer stuff. They can seriously
damaged your pocket and your mental health.
Tomkin. 
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tomkin
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P.S.
Also make good use of the Jargon Buster on the right.
Just click on a letter for a list of all the computer jargon
beginning with that letter and an explanation.
Tomkin
All this for free. Can't be bad.....
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Nick29
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I have had little formal training using computers, and I expect it shows: As others have said, the big attraction about using a Linux system is that it's free, and that as the user base is smaller it attracts much less spam, viruses and other trash.
You keep saying that, and whilst it may have been true 5 years ago, it certainly isn't now. In fact there are several virus checkers available for Linux. Linux is widely installed on web servers - this forum is run on a Linux-based server.
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Best Wishes, Nick. Research interests: Field - Luton & Islington Hole - Somerset, Suffolk & Surrey Farnish, Parker, Cattermole, Last, Wasp, Church - Suffolk Lewin/Lowin/Lowen - Hertfordhire Martin - Eltham & Greenwich, Kent (London) Stead - Greenwich, London (Kent) & Maidstone Wood - Hertfordshire Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Nick29
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The whole point about using Linux is that it cannot be infected. You do not need anti-virus software or anti-spyware or any of the other stuff used by Windows to try and make it secure.
I really think that you ought to read up about the Linux Lupper Worm, the Linux Lion Worm, the Virus.Linux.Diesel.962 virus, the Virus.Linux.Vit.4096 virus, the Ramen virus and the Winux virus !  Although the last one has never been seen in the wild, it is proof that it's possible to write code that will infect both Windows and Linux systems.
They important thing is not to connect to the Internet using an account that has Admin (or root) privileges. That automatically protects you from malware being launched and thus infecting your system.
Are you saying that if I sent you an email with a virus-infected or hostile attachment, that you would not be able to open it if you don't have Admin priviledges ?
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Best Wishes, Nick. Research interests: Field - Luton & Islington Hole - Somerset, Suffolk & Surrey Farnish, Parker, Cattermole, Last, Wasp, Church - Suffolk Lewin/Lowin/Lowen - Hertfordhire Martin - Eltham & Greenwich, Kent (London) Stead - Greenwich, London (Kent) & Maidstone Wood - Hertfordshire Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Nick29
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Many of these so-called threats to Linux seem to be theoretical:
Err, no - one of them was written to prove that it was possible to write code that would affect two different OS's, and I made that clear in my post. All the other viruses I posted have been found in the wild, and many of them have been around for a long time (one of them since 2001).
Open-source applications can be both a blessing and a curse. People who want to hack into Windows have to crack the code first, because Windows is not open-source. Just recently two programmers writing open-source code for Firefox attachments fell out with each other, because one had admitted writing malicious code which would knock out features in his competitor's attachment. This to my mind is the greatest security threat in Firefox.
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Best Wishes, Nick. Research interests: Field - Luton & Islington Hole - Somerset, Suffolk & Surrey Farnish, Parker, Cattermole, Last, Wasp, Church - Suffolk Lewin/Lowin/Lowen - Hertfordhire Martin - Eltham & Greenwich, Kent (London) Stead - Greenwich, London (Kent) & Maidstone Wood - Hertfordshire Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Nick29
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How do you know you've never had a virus ?
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Best Wishes, Nick. Research interests: Field - Luton & Islington Hole - Somerset, Suffolk & Surrey Farnish, Parker, Cattermole, Last, Wasp, Church - Suffolk Lewin/Lowin/Lowen - Hertfordhire Martin - Eltham & Greenwich, Kent (London) Stead - Greenwich, London (Kent) & Maidstone Wood - Hertfordshire Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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GOODDOG
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hi falkyrn
i know i posted a reply to your letter re the questions i asked, IE cclean etc. it was just to tell you that the spybot s&d say there is a problem. it seems that IE has an immunization feature of spybot s&d causes slow startup.
have just gone back to the webpage and it is IE8 which has the problem.
michael
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