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

From: Bill MacKinnon (bmackinn@bellsouth.net)
Date: Wed Mar 24 2004 - 14:19:55 MST

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    Hi Walter,

    I hate to sound like a snob or a smart ass, because thats not my
    intention, but I just made the switch to a mac power book g4 and love
    it.
    As a second computer, couldn't ask for more. Not much worry about
    viruses either. OS X 3.3 is Great. (for me). Never thought I'd say
    that.
    Good luck. Viruses suck.

    Bill

    On Mar 24, 2004, at 3:01 PM, Walter Watts wrote:

    > 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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    > Walter Watts
    > Tulsa Network Solutions, Inc.
    >
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