Well I'm teetering close to a "NSR" here but it's useful info so lets proceed. DON'T OPEN ATTACHED FILES THAT YOU DIDN'T ASK
SOMEONE TO SEND YOU , easy as that. those email viruses didn't come to fruition. (the viruses that don't need a exe file)
anyway they never really materialized. as for antiviruses , the best is Norton followed very closely by McAfee (spell check)
I read this in "Yahoo" magazine . there is a freaky little "AV" program called immune 2 , it looks for tell-tale algorithms
that ALL virus have in common, I.E. exe files, I believe these files are not typical of most attached normal files.
But immune 2 does have some draw-backs, it attacks some files that are benign . anyway, it's easier to follow this easy idea,
 DON'T OPEN ATTACHED FILES THAT YOU DIDN'T ASK SOMEONE TO SEND YOU ,
 DON'T OPEN ATTACHED FILES THAT YOU DIDN'T ASK SOMEONE TO SEND YOU ,
 DON'T OPEN ATTACHED FILES THAT YOU DIDN'T ASK SOMEONE TO SEND YOU ,
 DON'T OPEN ATTACHED FILES THAT YOU DIDN'T ASK SOMEONE TO SEND YOU ,
CAPICHE!!!! (IF THERE ARE ANY ITALIANS OUT THERE THAT CAN STEER ME STRAIGHT ON HOW TO SPELL THAT I'D APPRECIATE.
Ciao, the weasel,  glad to be back



-----Original Message-----
From: Sylvia S. Edwards <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, March 16, 2000 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: VIRUS ALERT!!!!!!!!


|A virus program only scans for the information that was good the day you
|installed it.  It does not protect you from newly fortunately viruses.
|
|Personally, I don't have a virus program installed because it interferes
|with many other programs, plus I have doubts about how useful it is.  There
|is a company named Trend that sells virus protection programs to large
|networks.  I believe they update on a daily basis.  For PC users, for free
|you can go there and use their program on-line to scan your drives with a
|program called Housecall.  The first time you visit, it takes a while to
|download the initial virus protection.  After that, each time you go you
|will have a short update to download.
|
|When I receive any *.exe attachment, I go there to scan it before opening
|it.  You can get there by going to http://housecall.antivirus.com
|
|Sylvia S. Edwards
|Huntsville, Alabama
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|
|----- Original Message -----
|From: "Henry Foglino" <[log in to unmask]>
|To: <[log in to unmask]>
|Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 7:44 AM
|Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] VIRUS ALERT!!!!!!!!
|
|
|> Carol
|> I just installed a Macfee virus protection program in my computer. Will it
|> protect me from stuff like this?
|> Hank Foglino
|> -----Original Message-----
|> From: Carol B Simpson <[log in to unmask]>
|> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
|> Date: Thursday, March 16, 2000 8:20 AM
|> Subject: VIRUS ALERT!!!!!!!!
|>
|>
|> >i JUST HAD A CALL FROM A GOOD FRIEND WHO RECEIVED A VIRUS LAST NIGHT IN
|HER
|> >COMPUTER AND IT HAS COMPLETELY WIPED OUT HER HARD DRIVE.  IT GETS IN YOUR
|> >ADDRESS BOOK.  IT'S CALLED PARK AVENUE.
|> >
|> >IF YOU SEE THIS, FOLLOWED BY THE EXE., DON'T OPEN IT.  DELETE IT
|> >IMMEDIATELY!!!!!!
|> >
|> >CAROL
|>
|