Author: Will Hunter
Date: 21:32:55 05/20/04
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On May 20, 2004 at 17:08:19, Mike Byrne wrote: >yes ...the latest viruses simply attack the ip addresses at random - no action >required by the user (email / website visits) ...if you win2k/winxp, install the >latest security updates ...that helped me a little - But iwas still getting >30-50 viruses a day (all were getting caught) this was after a major crash that >might have been virus related - that all stopped after installing the Norton >firewall (picked up "Norton security 2003" for $6 on ebay ) that stopped >attacks and viruses right in their tracks - havenn't seen anthing since ...fyi, >the security sfotware stops ALL popups - even some popup stopper missed , and >notes on average some external program is probing my computer ports every few >minutes ...welcome to the wild wild west... Thanks Mike....Some good advice.
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