>> take it you mean toggling settings back and forth?<<
yes, and only if it were to be a frequent occurance
but to be sure, in light of the recent virus releases into the net, the ounce of protection is well worth the pound of cure.
story.news.yahoo.com
Thu Aug 21, 8:38 PM ET
Manuel Ramos
At Golden Gate Perks, a cyber-cafe in San Francisco's Financial District, the staff was busy Thursday trying to block the latest -- and some say the nastiest -- online infection ever.
• Virus Slams Email Users with Spam
The "Sobig" virus was the fastest outbreak yet on the Internet. Some companies reported receiving 30,000 Sobig emails per hour.
Home computers have gone black and cyber-cafes around the world were shut down. So at Golden Gate Perks, they were downloading a protective patch.
"It appears to be moving really fast, starting from the East Coast," said employee Jason Modzeleski.
Sobig is such a big problem because it appears to be an email from someone you know. If you open the attachment, the infection gets into your computer address book and spreads the virus from there. Your computer becomes a spam machine, receiving and sending out messages.
The virus does not physically damage computers. But it was costing companies millions in lost business hours spent clearing away the email. So at Golden Gate Perk, the patches were in place.
"We have pretty much every anti-virus software you can put in," said Modzeleski. "But you can't protect yourself 100%." |
