Re: GPOCC Re: virus recommendations

["David Lillie" <davey@greens.org>]

This all sounds like pretty good advice to me.  I'm happy for anyone who can get away from MS products, but linux is a long way from being usable by most people.  I advise people to use Netscape messenger for thier email.  I like it better than outlook or outlook express, and it doesn't have their virus problems.

I also recommend McAfee clinic as a virus checker.  (www.mcafee.com)
It costs about $30/yr, but it's well worth it.  It actually runs via the web, and the Active Shield part of it checks files, email, word docs, etc. and also tells you whenever there's a need to update your virus defs every day.  It has caught several viruses that came in my email, even brand new ones, so so far I'm clean.

davey

Art Goodtimes wrote:
> 
> 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>
> Copies to:              Sheshe6030@aol.com, grns-gpoc-council@greens.org, grns-gpoc@greens.org
> 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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> >      Directors of the National Science Foundation Televote trials
> >       and Boulder, Colorado's Voting by Phone ballot initiative.
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> >
> >
> >
> >
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