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Matth · 10-01-2011, 21:12

Way, WAY back, was the bad old time when you'd be infected by the time you downloaded the updates (if you exposed WinXP with no patches), and going through a router stops that one.

So yes, the question of their "test" very much depends on what they were doing.

Some places online, you are very likely to bump into malware, while others, very unlikely.

10-01-2011, 21:12	#13
Matth Inactive Join Date: Mar 2004 Services: BB:M, TV:XL, Phone:M, Loyalty Posts: 2,516	Re: do we realy need expensive AV software Way, WAY back, was the bad old time when you'd be infected by the time you downloaded the updates (if you exposed WinXP with no patches), and going through a router stops that one. So yes, the question of their "test" very much depends on what they were doing. Some places online, you are very likely to bump into malware, while others, very unlikely.