"Jim Hawkins" <jimhawkins@manx.net> writes:

> You buy a new computer, connect in to the internet and
> proceed to download your choice of ant-virus software,
> firewall, and possibly other security-enhancing stuff.
> But in the half-hour or more it takes to do all that, your pc is
> wide open, and with the frequency of probing attacks these
> days, a variety of undesirable agents could be installed and
> hidden before the anti-malware gets going.
> So why don't computer retailers offer machines with anti-malware
> stuff already installed ?

Are you saying you managed to find a retailer that didn't preload
"trial" versions of Norton or McAfee's bloated security suites on?

It's never been a better time to be behind some sort of network level
appliance when deploying a new computer, particularly with this doozie
known as
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../ms08-001.mspx


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Todd H.
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