There is another way: just run Linux! I have yet to have a virus problem, & I do not even run a virus checker!
regards Doug (A die-hard Linux user of 3 years+) On Fri, 21 May 2004 09:45 am, malcolm maclure wrote: > Unfortunately folks, no matter what Microsoft or any third party s/w > company produce to counter this situation, it will be hacked in a very > short time. > > A similar situation exists for online gamers, a world dogged by a > minority of people who cheat using hacks to give them an unfair > advantage over honest "just wanna have fun"" players. Many anti-cheat > software systems have been developed to counter the problem but all are > hacked within days of release and are rendered useless. There is a new > anticheat being released shortly, written by a very clever programmer, > it could be a big breakthrough in the gaming world, if it works. The > problem is there are very clever hackers who just love the challenge of > cracking a new system - what a waste of amazing talent & intellect. If > only these people could direct their energies to contribute rather than > abuse. > > > The best advice would be: > > Keep your Windows system updated > > Run antivirus software, regularly updated > > Run a firewall, regularly updated - Best of all - get a router with a > built-in hardware firewall > > Run anti-adware software so you're not broadcasting your IP or e-mail > addresses > > > > None of these will truly protect you from the most determined hacker, > but the harder you make it the more likely they will move on to an > easier target. > > If anyone needs any advice with any of the above, I'd be glad to lend a > hand, just mail me. Between myself, my stepson & his co-workers we have > quite a wealth of knowledge on internet security & programming (one > co-worker has written system control software for Powergen, the QE2 etc) > > Cheers > > Malcolm > > > ----Original Message----- > From: Keith Addison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 20 May 2004 20:04 > To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [biofuel] Received a message from > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <biofuel-unsubscribe > > >I received a message from that email address. The email contains an > >attachment. Being the suspicious type, I expect it's an attempt to > >infect me with a virus, since I have not yet unsubscribed from this > >list. Anyone else seen such emails? > > > >Bryan > > False sender's address, can't be helped. Certainly a virus. We've had > quite a few viruses purporting to come from Yahoo. We've even had > viruses purporting to come from Journey to Forever, even from us > personally, doing things like warning us that our email service is > going to be closed down, please see the attachment (not!). It's > happening to everyone, including a lot of the big environment groups, > NGOs, businesses, all sorts of people. Keep your system properly > patched and protected, keep your virus gear up to date, be a > suspicious type. > > You can't get a virus via the group, by the way, it just can't > happen. But you can get a virus from a false address pretending to be > from the group, though you should be able to see the difference, as > you did with this. > > Dear old Micro$oft, what a disaster. Yes, sure, if you keep it all > squeaky-clean then there's no problem, right. Maybe it's even true, > but during the most recent virus onslaught something like 70 million > Windoze computers were infected and spewing out viruses and spam, the > owners all cheerfully unaware. A security survey of a million > computers in businesses in the US found an *average* infection rate > of 28 viruses and worms per machine. It won't get better until M$ > wakes up to the idea that maybe a secure OS might be something to > think about. Holding your breath is contraindicated. Dumbo system > administrators who set up protection systems that automatically send > the damned things *back* to where they almost certainly didn't come > from don't exactly help, but it seems to be their default mode. > > :-( > > Keith > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Yahoo! 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