Uneducated users should live with the slowness [caused by a virus scanner]. It's protecting the rest of the world from their blissful ignorance.
* paul@vix.com (Paul Vixie) [Mon 09 Feb 2004, 16:30 CET]:
if it protected them or anybody else i'd say you were right, but since it's a pattern matcher it always takes 2 to 24 hours for a new pattern file to be developed and distributed after a new worm is released. why even bother?
Because we're all still seeing Slammer, Nimda etc. infections occur.
it's as if not knowing how the fuel injectors work on my car could make it blow up on the freeway. we'd blame the manufacturer, not the driver, right?
Can a driver reach the fuel injector controls during normal operation of the vehicle? Ignorance of operation needn't always pose an acute danger. -- Niels.