LL-L "Virus" 2003.01.11 (01) [E]

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From: Ed Alexander <edsells at cogeco.ca>
Subject:  LL-L "Virus" 2003.01.10 (08) [E]"

At 03:53 PM 01/10/03 -0800, Ole wrote:
>The real solution to all these virus problems is: DO NOT use Microsoft
>Express, or at least don't run it on a Windows platform. The near-monopoly
>of this mailreader/platform combination makes it very attractive for virus
>authors, and they will constantly come up with new worms and bacteria ;-)

This has been behind my use of Eudora for over ten years.  However, my
quandary now is that Eudora has no switch will allows it to receive in
Unicode, at least none that my computer techie could find, and emails to
Eudora have gone unanswered.  I send this in the hope that perhaps someone
out there knows better.  Otherwise, I will have to continue to receive LL-L
submissions all garbled up, or switch to the dreaded MS Outlook!!

Ed Alexander, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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From: ntl <shoogly at ntlworld.com>
Subject: LL-L "Virus" 2003.01.10 (07) [E]

they are real problems - and you can easily get one and not realise that you
have one - until it is too late!!  Not to be alarmist - you should be very,
very careful and wary of any attachments you get from people you don't know.
Even from people you know you need to be careful - they may unintentionally
be forwarding on a file to you that has a virus in it -that is why you
should scan all attachments - save them to a disk etc -and then scan them
with anti-virus software. Remember though - that antivirus software is not a
100% assurance that all is well if it does not find anything.  The free
antivirus software AVG from www.grisoft.com - will if you wish attach itself
to Outlookexpress and scan all your outgoing emails -and leaves a message at
the bottom to say they have been scanned for viruses and are o.k ( you more
have to say you don't want it to than want it to ) - there should be a
message like this at the bottom of my emails -as I use them. I am not sure
if it scans out going attachments -but it would be silly if it didn't - as
that is where the viruses mainly are!! ( I'll look into this ).
I agree with Oli message about not using M.S products - I like most people
hate to see so much money going to their virtual monopoly -and Linux is much
more open and free. M.S products are also notoriously unstable and
vulnerable -but how many programmes are supported by Linux??  That has
always been my problem!

Chris Ferguson

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From: John M. Tait <jmtait at wirhoose.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Virus" 2003.01.06 (08) [E]

Chris wrote:
>
>most virus alerts are hoaxes -but this is a real virus. There is a fix for
>it at Symantec's Web site ( makers of Norton anti-virus ) at:
>http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.bugbear@mm.remo
v
>al.tool.html . All computers should have antivirus software. If you don't
>there is good free ( for personal use ) antivirus software called AVG at :
>www.grisoft.com - with free updates.

There is also a free utility called Stinger, downloadable from the MacAfee
website, which kills Bugbear and several similar e-mail worms. Some of these
are particularly intractable, because they scan the memory and remove
conventional anti-virus software before they run.

John M. Tait.

http://www.wirhoose.co.uk

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