Due to a number of virus and worm issues that stream across the web like a river, I felt it was in my PC's best interest to ban internet access from it altogether. After a recent trojan virus wiped out my settings on my Sound Blaster Audigy 2 card and TV tuner card, and recieving damage to some of my digital recording projects, I went off the deep end after a 4 hour virus scan of over 118,000 files on my computer, many of which were junk files accumulated from the internet.
So, instead of investing repeatedly in web protection gear, I found it more productive to buy my wife a lap top computer where we can use the internet, and not have to worry about maintenance issues on my computer when it comes to the internet. I have too much valuable software and projects on my PC to worry about protecting my PC from the next virus. I had McAffee Firewall and Virus Protection... well, I still got the trojan virus.
Problem solved from my end. Since then, my Power PC runs better, more smooth, and without disruption from those Windows XP automatic updates.
How do you protect your PC? Do you feel that a PC built specifically for high-end projects should be connected to the internet?
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