Re: virus: could we get it off of our CoV chat server

From: Walter Watts (wlwatts@cox.net)
Date: Wed Mar 24 2004 - 13:01:16 MST

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    Outstanding advice, Erik. I guess one reason I've never had a virus until now was I still use Netscape's email, an old ver. 4.7. Been browsing with IE for a long time and will lock it
    down now according to your instructions:
    "4. How To Lock Down Your System".

    I use Windows update regularly on both machine (98SE & XP Pro), but I only get critical updates.

    Also, I have a Linksys 4 port Cable/DSL ROUTER between my lan and the net, but not a firewall. Are there some settings in the router I need to tighten up on?

    Thanks alot for your advice,
    Walter

    Erik Aronesty wrote:

    > One way to get infected is to run active-x controls on a web page, which are inherently insecure. Another is to use a program, like outlook express, that autoruns scripts by default.
    >
    > I wrote a web page detailing some basic windows security measures:
    >
    > http://www.zoneedit.com/msvirus.html
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