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I use McAfee and it seems to work real good. It always pops up to warn you of new virus's and for new updates. It also tells you the grade of the virus. When there is an update you get a pop up that tells you. All you have to do to update is put your E mail Address and password in and set back and it does the rest. Dick & Nancy [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Burkhead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Georgia Trehey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Coupe-List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 12:51 PM Subject: [COUPERS-FLYIN] e-mail programs and viruses > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any > advice in this forum.]---- > > > > Spook, > > Antivirus > > I like Norton Antivirus and that's the one selected by the company I > used to work for. It's also, I think, leader in the field because it's > good. > > On the other hand, a few people swear at Norton and use McAfee. It's > been a few years since I last tried McAfee and at that time McAfee was a > pain to update. > > Independent tests have shown that all the major antivirus programs catch > ALL the viruses IF AND ONLY IF you have updated virus signature files. > > I currently have my Norton Antivirus (NAV) configured to update its > signatures twice a week. There's not much chance a new virus will get > to me so fast my update schedule will miss it. Mostly I like Norton > because it's so painless to work with and the live updates have worked > so well for me. > > Your mileage may vary. > > > E-mail programs > > For e-mail, I use Microsoft Outlook which is acknowledged to be the most > dangerous e-mail program on the planet. Outlook works VERY nicely and > has lots of nice features. (So do other programs.) I use Outlook because > any company I go to work for is 95% likely to be using it and I do > technical support for users - I have to know Outlook well. > > Outlook may or may not have more security flaws than its competitors, > BUT - many people in the world HATE Microsoft and will do anything to > attack it. Many virus writers target Outlook because SO MANY people use > Outlook and that makes it a juicy target. There are ways viruses can > infect you through Outlook WITHOUT your assistance - especially if you > don't keep up-to-date on your Windows and Office updates. > > Still, with NAV in place and up to date, I haven't had a successful > infection . . . yet. I do also have a firewall to protect my always-on > Internet connection. > > > Of very high importance, I follow this advice: > > Unless I've PREarranged for the file to be sent to me from a trusted > source, I NEVER open ANY attachments except for > ..jpg > ..gif > ..msg > (and even these, I carefully check to be SURE they REALLY ARE those file > types before I open the file). And even when I receive a pre-arranged > file transfer, I'll save the file to the hard drive and virus check it > before opening it. > > Lines of defense: > antivirus program > firewall > DON'T trust and DO verify > DO keep backups of all important files, preferably with a copy > off-site. > > Tom, I have no reason to think any of the current viruses have come to > me through the list. In fact, they are coming to one of my other e-mail > addresses that I previously used for list e-mail but in the last month > or two so the virus got my info from a Coupe list member or an e-mail > correspondent of a Coupe list member based on that old address. No > blame to the list from me, for sure. > > But it's true, if you don't have an antivirus program, then you have > been or someday will be part of the passing-on-viruses problem. (Feel > sorry for me - I have four computers here to protect. <sigh>) > > > Ed Burkhead > http://edburkhead.com/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove the XXX) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Georgia Trehey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 12:03 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [SPAM] [COUPERS-FLYIN] email programs > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following > any advice in this forum.]---- > > > Howdy, > > If anyone who is having the virus problem is willing > to answer this, I would be interested. > > What virus scanning software, if any are you using, > and what email program do you use? > > Please answer off list to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Thanks so much, > Spook > > > ===== > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! 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