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From: "Heather Figueroa" <>
Subject: Re: Viruses
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 23:08:20 -0500
References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020201174231.02473078@mail.candoo.com>


Jim........

It can't hurt to download Zone Alarm and I do recommend it........but
please don't give the impression that it is an antivirus programme!! Or
a spam blocker........it isn't!! But it sure is one super
anti-hacker/trojan programme.

And you CAN use Outlook Express quite safely if you know how to
configure it against spam and viruses. I have been using it for 6 years
and have not had a viral infection for 4 of them........Norton let me
down a few times......but Outlook Express didn't!!!

Sorry for sounding testy, but I am tired of people slamming OE when
there is no need. All it takes is a little ingenuity to protect
yourself while using it.......and yes, I have Agent on here because it
strips the attachments off, but don't really like it and prefer OE.

Rant over.....

Another handy little programme (and I do have lots of them........thanks
to the Microsoft MVP's!!) is AdAware which will get rid of spyware such
as doubleclick and other cookies. It is at free at ....
http://www.lsfileserv.com/index.html

I realize this is not genealogy.........but it IS protection of your
genealogy emails........so I think I can sneak in under the wire on this
one. (grin)

Heather

> Can't hurt to get and install ZoneAlarm http://www.zonelabs.com. Last
week
> I was up to almost 1,000 emails - mostly SPAM - a day, and am yet to
be
> infected with anything (I do not have a virus checker installed).
>
> Mind you, I also refuse to use MegaShaft Outlook or Outlook Express...
>
> --
>
> At 06:25 PM 2/1/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> >Hi Listers
> >This afternoon my virus protection detected the W32Badtrans virus in
an
> >incoming email. It immediately alerted me and I deleted the file but
that
> >also lost all my Inbox with any unread mail. I lost any mail that I
had not
> >saved to another directory so I am not sure what it allwas but that's
not
> >much price to pay for protection.
> >I had downloaded the most recent virus definitions as I try to stay
as
> >current as possible.
> >
> >Just to say - be careful - the peril is out there every day!
> >Doug Newsam
> >
> >
> >
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>
> Regards,
>
> James C. "Jim" Lynch
> http://www.candoo.com/
> http://www.candoo.com/resume/
>
> -> *** Please note: my address has changed ***
>
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> The Web's cholesterol is clogging its arteries.
>
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