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From: ~BD~ on 26 Mar 2010 14:16 A request ********* Please bear in mind this sentence: "The term "computer virus" is sometimes used as a catch-all phrase to include all types of malware, including true viruses." It is in the first paragraph, here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malware Try to get used to this and stop being so aggressive in your responses to folk seeking help in the Usenet newsgroups - *please*. I'm sure it will lead to happier people all round :) -- Dave
From: David W. Hodgins on 26 Mar 2010 14:41 On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:16:55 -0400, ~BD~ <.BoaterDave(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > "The term "computer virus" is sometimes used as a catch-all phrase to > include all types of malware, including true viruses." > It is in the first paragraph, here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malware > Try to get used to this and stop being so aggressive in your responses > to folk seeking help in the Usenet newsgroups - *please*. It's quite common in the press, and among people who don't know better. That doesn't mean the difference shouldn't be pointed out, when the mistake is made. It's important to understand the difference, as different types of software are better at preventing/removing different types of malware. Don't expect the people who choose to provide help, teaching people how to remove and prevent malware, from including such a correction with the help. Regards, Dave Hodgins -- Change nomail.afraid.org to ody.ca to reply by email. (nomail.afraid.org has been set up specifically for use in usenet. Feel free to use it yourself.)
From: David Kaye on 26 Mar 2010 16:33 "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins(a)nomail.afraid.org> wrote: >It's important to understand the difference, as different types of >software are better at preventing/removing different types of malware. And, considering that these newsgroups are supposed to be about the removal of these malware problems, the clearer the terminology the better.
From: Dustin Cook on 26 Mar 2010 18:47 sfdavidkaye2(a)yahoo.com (David Kaye) wrote in news:hoj25j$680$2(a)news.eternal-september.org: > "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins(a)nomail.afraid.org> wrote: > >>It's important to understand the difference, as different types of >>software are better at preventing/removing different types of malware. > > And, considering that these newsgroups are supposed to be about the > removal of these malware problems, the clearer the terminology the > better. > I agree. -- "Hrrngh! Someday I'm going to hurl this...er...roll this...hrrngh.. nudge this boulder right down a cliff." - Goblin Warrior
From: Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries on 26 Mar 2010 19:51
Toxic wrote: > On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:16:55 +0000, ~BD~ wrote: > >> A request >> ********* >> >> >> Please bear in mind this sentence: >> >> "The term "computer virus" is sometimes used as a catch-all >> phrase to include all types of malware, including true viruses." >> >> It is in the first paragraph, here: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malware >> >> Try to get used to this and stop being so aggressive in your >> responses to folk seeking help in the Usenet newsgroups - >> *please*. >> >> I'm sure it will lead to happier people all round :) > > The joisie jooboi is only happy if someone else gets annoyed, > now watch as his bevy of socks show up to disperse his rage, > and flaunt his perversions. You are aptly named. Please go flaunt your raging bias elsewhere. -- Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously. Hubert H. Humphrey |