Indigo, my old, you have done the basics, but you also need a firewall of
some sort. Zone Alarm is a free program that makes would-be hacker looking
into your PC see nothing but a black hole. You can also purchase a gateway
device, such as D-LINK's DI704 which sells in Canada for under $80. It
allows you to connect to the web via either high-speed or dial-up and it
connects up to 4 PCs in your home to each other, via Ethernet cards and
cables. While it turns you PCs into a LAN, it is worth having for its
gateway firewall alone.
If you have two or more computers in your home, it is silly not to have a
LAN, as Ethernet cards are now very inexpensive and the cables are readily
available in various lengths. I cringe when I see people still uysing AB
switches.
An alternative to McAffee is Norton Antivirus which now comes bundled with
most new pcs. The advantage of almost all the Norton updates is that you do
NOT have to reboot to install them.
It always amazes me how so many of our colleagues who presumably practice
safe sex do not have the brains to do the same with computing.
Harry Needham
----- Original Message -----
From: "Indigo Nights" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 8:14 PM
Subject: Hunh and Uh-unh, Not ME!
> I just read poor Olivia's comments about that crazy
> note. Like many of you, I too, got it, but it didn't
> do anything to me except amaze me at how foolish some
> can be to send such poppycock.
>
> With that said, today I read of YET ANOTHER virus
> going round the web and playing shenanigans with
> people's Outlook mailboxes.
>
> Let me tell you what I've done lately to try to stay
> virus free.
>
> About a year ago, I purchased a year's worth of McAfee
> virus protections. When I get notice it's time to
> reup, I will. It's been one of the best things I
> could have done. http://www.mcafee.com
>
> At first, I only updated when some crisis note would
> go round the web. However, because there have been
> sooo very many virii, I am now in the habit of just
> checking for updates every day or at least every other
> day. Doesn't take long, but it does require that I
> reboot once I've downloaded. That's still a nuisance
> but a lot less of a nuisance than having to rebuild my
> hard drive or apologize to others about sending them a
> virus. I checked yesterday, and I was up to date.
> Today, I just got through checking, downloading, and
> rebooting. I had checked Monday, and I was fine then,
> too.
>
> Next, I don't use Outlook. Ok, when I'm working, if
> that's all they'll provide, I don't have any choice,
> but it's up to the company and not impatient me to fix
> the problem.
>
> For my personal email, I download to two different
> intermediaries. I use Yahoo, obviously, for this list
> and a couple of others. For my primary account, I use
> http://www.webbox.com Yahoo is free, though I did buy
> the expanded mailbox for personal reasons--still very
> reasonable. Webbox is only $10 a year.
>
> In both instances, they capture the virii and you have
> another way to keep from getting them into your
> system. Yahoo comes with its own virus screen, and
> Webbox warns you up front about risks. You can then
> go to the files section and delete the little
> dastardly buggers.
>
> I'm not going to say I'm 100% invincible, but this is
> like super extra safe sex. Anything is still
> possible, but less probable putting protection
> mechanisms in place.
>
> I haven't yet decided to go firewall. Probably I'll
> do that when I update McAfee. That is another way to
> know if you're under attack.
>
> It is absolutely disgusting that we are so frequently
> under attack, but I'm afraid that's the nature of the
> beast. Maybe something I'm doing may help somebody
> else to preclude the frustration.
>
>
>
> =====
> Indigo Nights
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