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  Re: HACKED by AKINCILAR --OT-- and harsh language
 
(...) Sadly, as firefox gets more popular, people will find more holes in it (even though it'll still be so much fewer than IE), and write viruses for it too. As long as you're on windows, you're should worry about such things. And when you move off (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
 
  Re: HACKED by AKINCILAR --OT-- and harsh language
 
(...) I would worry even more with Linux or something else--unless you really know what's going on, it's very hard for the average user to know what the hell is going on underneath that layer. You can put lipstick on the pig with KDE or Gnome or (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
 
  Re: HACKED by AKINCILAR --OT-- and harsh language
 
(...) While true that you wouldn't know if you were hacked, that's no different than windows, is it? The average user wouldn't know if their XP box is a zombie now in a DDoS, would they? The difference, as I see it, is that on a Linux desktop, (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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