-----Original Message----- From: Mike Fry Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 10:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] SOLVED - Help! Legacy suddenly won't open!!!
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 Mike, I largely agree with you, except that I prefer not to use the protection offered by my ISP. A bit of a hang-over I expect, but I prefer to use my own, and actually I do use AVG Free and find it excellent. I just use the Windows firewall (is it still called the Defender btw. - shows how much trouble it gives me, like none!). The golden rule is, of course only to use one of each: a firewall and and anti-virus. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ 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
