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| Thread ID: 23454 | 2002-08-16 11:32:00 | msn messenger is it safe | luckysmum (1528) | Press F1 |
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| 71714 | 2002-08-16 11:32:00 | Hi can any one tell me if msn messenger is safe I run icq and yahoo messenger and i aslo have zone alarm and avg antivirus but different things i have heard say that msn comes with viruses can anyone help as I am new to this | luckysmum (1528) | ||
| 71715 | 2002-08-16 11:57:00 | They are all about as secure as each other. Provided that you are sensible with what you do and keep virus defs and firewall running all should be fine. |
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| 71716 | 2002-08-16 12:10:00 | thankyou and yes the only time avg or zone alarm are turned off is once a month when I do a defrag and at night of course when the puter is turned off thank you again as like i said I am very new to this but I have found this f1 page is more help than the help page on my puter ta | luckysmum (1528) | ||
| 71717 | 2002-08-21 22:36:00 | be sure to run ad-aware and active privacy as well on a regular basis | kiwibeat (304) | ||
| 71718 | 2002-08-22 03:59:00 | Those sayings of peoples, that it comes with viruses are untrue. There was a worm that was on the rampage a few months ago, but everybody knows of it now, and it's pretty much extinct I believe. MSN Is just as secure as the rest. Just don't download weird files, or if you do, then it's a good idea to run a check on them first with AVG! Chilling_Silence |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 71719 | 2002-08-22 05:29:00 | how about something like this at http://www.trillian.cc Apparently it combines MSN, ICQ, Yahoo, AOL, etc... all into ONE package! Anyone ever use this? |
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| 71720 | 2002-08-22 05:31:00 | I did, but it made me re-allow all my contacts to see me, it was weird but kool. I just use MSN tohugh so I've got no need for it!!! Chilling_Silence |
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| 71721 | 2002-08-22 06:03:00 | Trillian isn't all that bad. It's quite handy if you use a lot of different messaging services but are limited with memory. Just upgraded the comp so now I just stick with having ICQ(lite) and MSN on their own. Though trillian is really nice. There are also other more complicated alternatives as well. |
-=JM=- (16) | ||
| 71722 | 2002-08-22 06:07:00 | Yes, ICQ Lite is quite nice, I've recently started to use it mainly for SMS, but I've had an old address with a few friends I haven't spoken to in ages, and we've regained contact. ICQ Lite - V/Good! One of the main reasons I don't use ICQ is coz it's so big and uses lots of resources on my machine (Its a P200 with 128MB Ram). So I ditched it. Chilling_Silence |
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