On 2012/05/08 20:45, elizabeth wrote: > I had updated my ZoneAlarm to their new combo package (firewall plus > anti-spyware) last week and it seemed to be fine. I know I had been able to > open > Legacy after updating ZoneAlarm. But, then when I ran a scan with ZoneAlarm, > it > started finding and removing some of my AVG anti-spyware files, calling them > viruses. The odd thing was that only Legacy wouldn't open, everything else > seemed fine. But I went back to just the firewall version of ZoneAlram, and > re-installed AVG and now everything is good again.
That's the problem when you effectively have two defensive programs. To identify viruses, programs need to know the signature of a virus. This means hard-coding the signature. Then, along comes a second program and sees the virus signature and thinks the first program is a virus. Then the first one sees the second as a virus. And so on! Best measures! Don't use these 'free' email accounts! Get a proper ISP that harvests all the spam and dangerous messages before you see them. Now all you have to worry about is downloaded files and the regular MS stuff will take care of that. That's all I use - along with a properly configured router to keep the bad guys out :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
