Not everyone has a properly setup firewall... so, STOP giving out
potentially harmful advice! Running defrag, updates and installing programs
with A/V turned on has never caused me and a million other poeple out there
ANY problems.

For users that really know what they are doing, sure, you can do what you
say, but for the majority of users and readers of these news groups, doing
what you are suggesting could be very harmful.

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lack of caffeine.


"Alias" <aka@[notme]maskedandanonymous.org> wrote in message
news:eUAu9tIDGHA.412@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Mike Brearley wrote:
>
>> Thank you Greg. I was hoping someone else would jump in to let Alias
>> know that you don't have to turn off your A/V to run a defrag. My
>> biggest concern was the fact that he/she was saying it was 'not bright'
>> to run a defrag with your A/V turned on.
>
> It isn't. Greg's wrong.
>
>> IMO turning your A/V off to run a defrag leaves your system vulnerable
>> during that time and isn't worth the risk with the number of viruses out
>> there today.
>>
>
> Not true. If you have a proper firewall, viruses cannot just pop in and
> say hello. I have turned off my AV for updates, installing all programs,
> defragging and running anti malware programs. I have never had a virus
> since I went online in 97.
>
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