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ahofle:

--- Quote from: leapinlew on June 07, 2007, 10:27:35 am ---all the bad things happening online
+
old computer that can't run the necessary security software
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user who doesn't know any better
=
identity theft
personal information stolen
etc.

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Identity theft (and most other illicit online activity) is pretty much all "social engineering" now.  You can't really have a security patch to prevent a naive user from giving a password or credit card to the wrong party.  So really it should be:

user who doesn't know any better
=
identity theft
personal information stolen
etc.
leapinlew:

--- Quote from: rovingmind on June 07, 2007, 10:56:44 am ---The amount of time she went online was spent on yahoo, it worked fine.  Software firewall, some freeware antivirus from the time, it worked fine.  No viruses ever.

We're also talking pre-java flooded internet and early simple flash, it worked fine.

No online gaming, no massive online video downloads, no music downloads. 

Did i forget to mention she lives 5miles out in the country and dial-up 56k connection is all she can get? ( not counting satelite) Antique phone lines, no dsl, no t1 line unless you want to pay the phone company to run a line for 2 miles underground.  no cable, unless you want to pay them to run a cable for 3 miles underground.

Also no credit card ordering, so no info to steal other than the log-in info for win98 (which pointed at fred penner) at most, they could get physical location via finger, when she was logged in, and that she was on a computer named GAAAACKKKK


she said, and i quote, "i just want to be able to use yahoo messenger and email" 

one happy mom, i'd say it worked out rather well. 

It all depends on what you want to do.  Yes NOW it is inadequate, it wont run the current versions of messenger.  now she would need at least a 350mmx and a 32 meg vid card because she uses myspace. 

I'd be more worried about somebody hacking myspace for info than her landline connection.

Her computer gaming is limited to freecell and solitaire and thats the way she likes it.

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So your saying last year your mom was using a computer with a software firewall, yahoo messenger, antivirus and using the internet on a 233mhz computer?

You selling any bridges?
knave:
A Pentium 200 with win98 will be able to surf just fine...You'd want to have as much ram as possible but 64 would probably do.  Especially if it's over a dialup. 

I set up an old 200 for my mother in law a while ago.  She eventually got a newer PC and gave it back but it did exactly what it needed to...write email.

You can also pop linux on these older PC's to give them some new life...lots of the distro's run fine on older hardware.

I have a PC running windows 2K that only sports an AMD 350.  It's still going strong.



rovingmind:

--- Quote from: leapinlew on June 07, 2007, 11:47:06 am ---
So your saying last year your mom was using a computer with a software firewall, yahoo messenger, antivirus and using the internet on a 233mhz computer?

You selling any bridges?

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nope, i maxed out the ram
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