Hello Anne, Tuesday, October 21, 2003, 1:01:40 PM, you wrote:
AW> On Tuesday 21 Oct 2003 4:50 am, rikona wrote: >> I mostly discussed privacy, but there is a lot of bad stuff >> possible through the web also. If email attachments can be ruled >> out, could it be spyware or a Trojan rather than a virus? >> AW> Kaspersky actually identified the viruses. Each time they have been AW> one of the common-at-the-time ones. Kaspersky may not catch spyware or a Trojan. These tend to hang around, as you are describing, and often hide VERY well. >> If she connects directly to the net, it is ESSENTIAL that she have >> a firewall, IMHO. Way too risky without one. Given she uses no M$ >> apps, this might be the biggest hole, and the source of her >> problems. >> AW> I don't think it is the problem, in this case, given that she is not AW> promiscuous in the kind of sites she browses, and that her av AW> software was definite about the viruses found. If she is directly connected to the net, with no firewall, I would rate that as a very severe risk. Just being connected is enough. No email or surfing is required. It is NOT uncommon for a brand new XP computer to be infected within an hour of being connected to the net. The more you describe, the more it seems like it may be this kind of problem. AW> Hopefully they will be able to tell me how I can improve AW> protection of her mail. Think about non-email sources of the problem, too. -- rikona mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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