Re: virus recommendations

["Art Goodtimes" <goodtimes@independence.net>]

evan is right.

microsoft outlook is the mail program that would have been infected 
by the <WScript.KakWorm.dr> virus that i received last night from 
someone in telluride. and the same with the WScript virus that 
nancy inadvertantly sent to me.

i use pegasus, a freeware mail program recommended by my 
computer wizard. because of that, the WScript virus didn't affect 
me. nor the Anna virus, which is a purported picture of the Russian 
(?) ice skater Anna K-----------. it has a virus that broke the record 
for going around the world in a couple of hours (last night or the 
night before).

what my computer wizard suggests (he doesn't use a virus 
program, as viruses develop faster than anti-virus programs can 
protect against them) is:

1) don't use Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Outlook Express as 
your mail program. find a different program. most viruses are 
targeted for this Gates product, due to its widespread use (why 
make a virus for a handful of users when you can infect millions 
with the Micrsoft product?). also, viruses have been designed to 
work by only opening a message in Microsoft Outlook mail 
programs. you don't have to open an attachment, which is how 
most viruses work.

2) never open an attachment with the extension <----.exe> which 
stands for "execute". that means it is a program that will run 
something, probably a virus. merely delete it.

3) if you get email with generic subject names like I Love You or 
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves or from users you have no 
idea of who they are, it's best to delete them.

4) it wouldn't hurt to have an anti-virus program and update it 
regularly. i run mine every night when i'm not using my computer, 
and by updating it every time before you get mail off your server, 
you're better protected.

art



Date sent:      	Wed, 14 Feb 2001 14:53:57 -0700 (MST)
From:           	Evan D Ravitz <evan@vote.org>
To:             	Art Goodtimes <goodtimes@independence.net>
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Subject:        	Re: Art Goodtimes and the Council Votes. 
Send reply to:  	Evan D Ravitz <evan@vote.org>

> 
> 
> On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, Art Goodtimes wrote:
> 
> > i've warned nancy, and she is getting her computer checked. given
> > the amount of mail we all exchange, i'd strongly advise everyone to
> > get an anti-virus program installed ASAP.
> 
> The problem is that viruses are constantly being changed to avoid the
> programs which scan for them. So you have to keep updating your
> anti-virus program.
> 
> One good way to avoid many if not most new viruses is to avoid
> Microsoft's Outlook program which is their most common target.
> 
> It's also nice not to use the products of a convicted monopolist- Bill
> Gates. That's one reason I often suggest that we NOT use MS Word .doc
> attachments, but instead just PLAIN TEXT. This also prevents problems
> with some of us having older versions of Word, or not having it at
> all. 
> 
> Evan
> 
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