Hello Anne,

Sunday, October 19, 2003, 2:25:21 PM, you wrote:

AW> 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? 

AW> I've used ZA in the past as a personal firewall.  I'm not aware of it 
AW> dealing with script blocking for email.  Maybe that's a new addition.

Proxomitron and DNSkong are much better, and are free.

>> 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.
>>
AW> I did look at that.  There is a module there for mail protection, but 
AW> it seems to be entirely aimed at Outlook users.

A few developers are adding features, and it is almost always for M$
apps ONLY. Yech!

AW> My sister-in-law works in a hospital.  She told me the other week
AW> that they had had all new systems put in.  It was only two days
AW> old when  it went down - virused.  The whole department, that
AW> hadn't even  completed transferring their data.  Not only that, it
AW> took down every  hospital in the Leeds and Bradford district.  And
AW> - they were down  for a week.

AW> Our taxes pay the guys who put in that system!

My sympathies. They probably thought they'd install the protection
later. :-) I've seen places do that.

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