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Number   :  3974
Date     :  2003-03-06
Author   :  meirman@e...
Subject  :  Re: OT: AntiVirus
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At 05:33 PM 3/5/03 -0500, CBFalconer wrote:
>Kan Yabumoto wrote:
>> 
>... snip ...
>> 
>> A good backup regime is much better protection than
>> the religious execution of AntiVirus.
>> 
>> (Now, Norton AntiVirus which has been running since
>> I started to write this message shows that 8 files were
>> infected (and fixed) out of 76,000+ files which is a
>> small fraction of the entire disks.)
>
>I would be more nervous of NAV 'fixing' a false positive. I don't
>mind these things isolating for inspection and sending an alert. 
>The dangers come when you allow Java and Javascript (or Micro$loth
>software) to execute, or even with image loading. HTML mail is

BTW, are there any plain viruses anymore, that don't depend on Javascript etc?

>another evil source. ZoneAlarm is an excellent firewall, and

I have free Zonealarm and I like it. I always forget to authorize newly
installed programs, then I wonder what's wrong, but someday I'll learn.

>free. Safe sex attitudes avoid a lot of trouble.
>
>-- 
>Chuck F (cbfalconer@y...) (cbfalconer@w...)

Meir 

meirman@e... Baltimore, MD, USA



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