OT: Free AOL security checker for everyone!

FERRANTE said:

For each vulnerability discovered, AOL Active
Security Monitor provides you with quick fixes and recommendations to
keep you safe.

How to keep safe? Don't install anything from AOL, for starters.

-sw

"FERRANTE" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

This is new and free and you don't even have to belong to AOL go get
it. This is what it said about it at Download.com:

AOL Active Security Monitor is a quick and easy way to know if you're
truly protected from computer viruses, spyware, identify theft,
network intrusions, and other serious security threats.

AOL Active Security Monitor is a free diagnostic tool that
continuously monitors your computer and gives you a consolidated view
of your PC and home-network security. No AOL membership is required,
and there are no limitations. A security score (similar to a credit
score) is determined by evaluating the status of the major components
required to keep your PC and home network safe, including: Antivirus
software, Antispyware software, Firewall, Wireless Security, Operating
System, and Browser. For each vulnerability discovered, AOL Active
Security Monitor provides you with quick fixes and recommendations to
keep you safe.

Get it at:
http://tinyurl.com/prcn7
'Quod scripsi scripsi' - 'What I have written I have Written.'-- Pontius
Pilate

Bad idea. If you need one piece of software to tell you if others are
running correctly, you have no business using a computer, and maybe not even
using a spoon without supervision.

FERRANTE said:

This is new and free and you don't even have to belong to AOL go get
it. This is what it said about it at Download.com:

AOL Active Security Monitor is a quick and easy way to know if you're
truly protected from computer viruses, spyware, identify theft,
network intrusions, and other serious security threats.

AOL Active Security Monitor is a free diagnostic tool that
continuously monitors your computer and gives you a consolidated view
of your PC and home-network security. No AOL membership is required,
and there are no limitations. A security score (similar to a credit
score) is determined by evaluating the status of the major components
required to keep your PC and home network safe, including: Antivirus
software, Antispyware software, Firewall, Wireless Security, Operating
System, and Browser. For each vulnerability discovered, AOL Active
Security Monitor provides you with quick fixes and recommendations to
keep you safe.

Get it at:
http://tinyurl.com/prcn7
'Quod scripsi scripsi' - 'What I have written I have Written.'-- Pontius Pilate

The best advice is don't bother with this. AOL is not known for security
and the computers that I see that are loaded with spyware and trojans
always have aol on them.

Also it is not a good idea to follow an obfuscated link such as those
from tinyurl because you have no idea where it points.

"George" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

FERRANTE said:

This is new and free and you don't even have to belong to AOL go get
it. This is what it said about it at Download.com:

AOL Active Security Monitor is a quick and easy way to know if you're
truly protected from computer viruses, spyware, identify theft,
network intrusions, and other serious security threats.

AOL Active Security Monitor is a free diagnostic tool that
continuously monitors your computer and gives you a consolidated view
of your PC and home-network security. No AOL membership is required,
and there are no limitations. A security score (similar to a credit
score) is determined by evaluating the status of the major components
required to keep your PC and home network safe, including: Antivirus
software, Antispyware software, Firewall, Wireless Security, Operating
System, and Browser. For each vulnerability discovered, AOL Active
Security Monitor provides you with quick fixes and recommendations to
keep you safe.

Get it at:
http://tinyurl.com/prcn7
'Quod scripsi scripsi' - 'What I have written I have Written.'-- Pontius
Pilate

The best advice is don't bother with this. AOL is not known for security
and the computers that I see that are loaded with spyware and trojans
always have aol on them.

Also it is not a good idea to follow an obfuscated link such as those from
tinyurl because you have no idea where it points.

The link leads to
http://www.download.com/AOL-Active-Security-Monitor/3000-2094_4-10545847.html?tag=sptlt_s.
Even though that site is known for distributing clean software, it doesn't
matter because what you said in your paragraph is still true. And, the basic
idea is stupid. It's like putting a 2nd refrigerator in your kitchen, whose
job it will be to keep an eye on the other refrigerator.