On Sunday 19 Oct 2003 8:45 pm, Charlie M. wrote: > October 19, 2003 01:18 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > <snip> > > As an aside, doesn't the free Zone Alarm install include some sort > of script blocking for e-mail, or is that only for that infection > transport agent that comes with Windows as an e-mail client?
I've used ZA in the past as a personal firewall. I'm not aware of it dealing with script blocking for email. Maybe that's a new addition. > Also I > find it amazing that an anti-virus app can't freeze a virus at the > door when the message first enters the queue. Is she running with > java and scripting on or off in e-mail and newsgroups? Turning them > off may actually help somewhat. > I did look at that. There is a module there for mail protection, but it seems to be entirely aimed at Outlook users. Their Tech. support is quite good, so I think it's time to email them and ask them just how it can be used with Mozilla. > > Quite apart from the time I spend on this, it makes me very angry > > that she takes every precaution a non-geek can be expected to > > take, and yet still she suffers this regularly. As to where they > > come from - I think without exception they have come from people > > who send their mails through their work account, in local > > hospitals! > > > > Anne > > If that's the case, and since we aren't able to track down and > keelhaul the author of the mal-ware, we should string up the > sysadmins at those institutions. Or at least the users that are > clicking everything in site at the facility. > My sister-in-law works in a hospital. She told me the other week that they had had all new systems put in. It was only two days old when it went down - virused. The whole department, that hadn't even completed transferring their data. Not only that, it took down every hospital in the Leeds and Bradford district. And - they were down for a week. Our taxes pay the guys who put in that system! Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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