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He uninstalls his son's anti-virus software
By NetworkWorld Co... on Wed, 11/30/05 - 4:22pm.No, Stuart Berman isn't a bad father. It's just that the anti-virus software on his son's 266-MHz laptop was slowing the thing down to the point of unusability, so he uninstalled the software. Now he wonders if he did the right thing:
... did consider the risks and the operational environment: my son's e-mail account is restricted so that it only accepts e-mail from a handful of trusted people; he doesn't browse the Internet; we have a hardware firewall on our home network; I am careful about only giving him software that is from reputable sources (currently he runs Yahtzee and Monopoly). We also realize that this system can be sacrificed if it gets infected - but my it runs very nicely now! ...
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