 Bugbear update - infected email w/o apparent attachment |
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 Oct 4 2002, 11:59 PM
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 Administrator  Group: Admin Posts: 21,698 Joined: 21-November 00 From: Concord, NC, USA Member No.: 463  |
-------------------- "Democracy dies when the people wanting their government to take care of them outnumber those wanting to take care of themselves." - Author Unknown - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For a selection of lures, reels and other items, visit my eBay shop http://stores.ebay.com/JaNewt-eMart |
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Oct 5 2002, 12:37 AM
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 Member Group: Members Posts: 4,714 Joined: 20-May 02 From: West Dorset Member No.: 2,108 |
I was sure that, in the past, Norton had detected a virus and I had quarantined it but when the email showed up in the list, that there was no attachment. I then deleted the email in each case without opening them. I am sure the klez virus was mentioned by Norton. It was before bugbear had been mentioned anyway. Perhaps klez could be also present in emails without attachments.
Jim Roper http://www.deepsea.co.uk/boats/skippers.htm -------------------- Gabriel Finance Ltd. Small business funding. John Gale 01823 601577
Pisces mortui solum cum flumine natant You get more bites on Anglers Net |
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Oct 5 2002, 02:09 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 605 Joined: 24-July 01 Member No.: 1,132 |
Now you have worried me! At the risk of publicising more of my ignorance, what would anyone recommend as an anti-virus programme, and is there a specific protection against bugbear available? I can spend my money fast enough, without any help from a little malaysian hacker!
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Oct 5 2002, 02:17 AM
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 AN Resident Contrarian Group: Members Posts: 18,812 Joined: 18-September 01 From: farnham surrey Member No.: 1,265 |
i would rec nortons and nortons firewall ,tried a scan for adaware????(ok i forget the name)( on the catchup site)it came up with nought so somethings working
 i think most viri are designed to work on i.e. so using netscape has advantages [ 04. October 2002, 09:20 PM: Message edited by: chesters1 ] -------------------- |
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Oct 5 2002, 03:52 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 1,545 Joined: 22-September 02 Member No.: 2,760 |
Just like Excalibur, I'm really worried too, thankyou for your warnings, Jim, but I really am clueless re. computer viri, viram, virus, viramus,
viratis, virant. That Chesters is flippin' posh ain't 'e? :confused: -------------------- Help me unhook these, please.
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Oct 5 2002, 05:59 AM
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 Member Group: Members Posts: 3,855 Joined: 1-January 02 From: Exeter Member No.: 1,503 |
AVG is good'un and its free, get it from www.grisoft.com and Zonealarm for a firewall it free too from www.zonelabs.com I recommend updating virus checker daily atm.
Dan -------------------- There's a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore like an idiot!
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Oct 5 2002, 08:04 AM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 21,698 Joined: 21-November 00 From: Concord, NC, USA Member No.: 463 |
AVG & ZA are excellent and you can't beat the price.
The Ad-aware chesters1 spoke of is for removing spyware which is somewhat different. Bad stuff but not nearly as dangerous as a virus. These days getting on the internet or doing email without a good AV program with definition files updated daily is about as safe as injecting drugs with a needle that 8 other people have just finished using. Until recently the folks using a mozilla browser with Linux kept crowing about how safe they were compared to us Microsoft users. Not any more. Same with NetScape. The script kiddies (baby hackers) are after them too now that there are enough to make it fun. -------------------- "Democracy dies when the people wanting their government to take care of them outnumber those wanting to take care of themselves." - Author Unknown - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For a selection of lures, reels and other items, visit my eBay shop http://stores.ebay.com/JaNewt-eMart |
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Oct 5 2002, 12:12 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 4,714 Joined: 20-May 02 From: West Dorset Member No.: 2,108 |
QUOTE little onions: Teri! I did warn you about all this in an email and all the same things that I recommended you do have been repeated here.Just like Excalibur, I'm really worried too, thankyou for your warnings, Jim, but I really am clueless re. computer viri, viram, virus, viramus, viratis, virant. That Chesters is flippin' posh ain't 'e? :confused: Go to symantec.com and download the 30 day free trial of Norton AV. Use it to clear your machine up if you've got trouble or not and then decide on whether to buy a retail version or try one of those recommended in the posts on this thread. My ISP recommends a product from http://www.avp.ru/ but I don't have any experience of it. Perhaps others on thread might! Excalibur! There is a 'fixbugbear' tool free on the symantec site. Not sure if you have to have Norton installed for it to run. You could download the free 30 day norton trial version anyway. Jim Roper http://www.searchlineuk.com/FishList.htm [ 05. October 2002, 07:18 AM: Message edited by: Jim Roper ] -------------------- Gabriel Finance Ltd. Small business funding. John Gale 01823 601577
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