yo.. i installed norton internet security two days ago and updated it, but my dad have got 50 mydoom mails the last couple of days..

but i installed on the administrator account, do i have to configure the antivirus once on all accounts?

My email policy is simple, if there are graphics at the top, delete it. If I don't know who it is from and there are attachements, delete it. If it is a virus, delete it. If I'm not expecting an attachment and I know who it's from, delete it and email the person. If it is possible for the file attachment to carry a virus, don't open it.

I'm using AVG now, and it seems to work ok. I used to use RAV, and liked it, but MS bought it and it's gone now.

-boRg- wrote: I've tried norton and macaffee and found that they both let viruses through.

I also noticed that Norten doesnt do a good job of getting all the virus's.

Im going to try PC-cillin and see if that works any better.

Virus scanners slow down.. I just uninstalled Norton SystemWorks 2003 Professional, since my PC performance was just not acceptable.

My startup time took 16 seconds LONGER! My 3D Mark score decreased with 30%! In 3D games, my framerate is 50 FPS lower! Those are all reasons why I don't use it anymore. Sure, it's safe, but if you act carefully, and don't click yes on those annoying .. pop-up's everything should be fine.

I also don't open files in e-mail attachments. If I want a file from somebody, I use an encrypted compressed folder, containing the document/file. This might slow stuff down, but it does work, since you can inmidiatly see weither or not the attachment is really personal.

Another thing, I get those really chain emails from some friends. With all of there e-mail addresses in the CC bar! That's a spam walhalla! I could actually get around 500 e-mail addresses from 1 email.. Its insane. The content in even worse. Its got a fake Microsoft mail saying your hotmail (do I use hotmail? NO!) account will be deleted if you don't forward it to at least 10 friends. Just by the design of the mail you can see this whole thing is a big joke. I always use the 'Reply-to-all' function and say some stuff.

Or those other letters, saying you're life will fail if you DONT forward this mail, or if you send it to less then 10 friends. From 10-20 you'll live happy, 150+ and you're life will be GREAT! You'll always have money enough, minibars everywhere, etc etc.

Makes me see that some human beings aren't quite as sophisticated as I thought.

Trend Micro is very good.  They have a great on-line scanner you can use.  In my old computer I have updated my Norton, scanned and found nothing then gone to this site used their scan, and found stuff.

A small download is required, but it works great http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ - http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

Also off of Semikolons site I got a download that I am trying out this morning.  As I too am receiving a tremendous amout of new spam, and viruses.  I downloaded and am using it is called http://www.qurb.com - www.qurb.com

So far so good!  When I installed it searched my saved emails and my address book as acceptable emails to receive.  It has not let a single piece of garbage through yet.  Thinking I will need to pay for this one.  I like it!

Borg, you might give that one a try.

I think it was yours!   Maybe from a link you might have or something? Awwww, heck I dunno where I go it lol, but it's a good one.

BTW your site is not loading!

i dont think you got it from me

i know my site is not loading.. jodohost have got some serious problems with their win4 server.. the server suddenly stop processing ASP scripts..

it has been like this all day and week

We fixed the issue with Win4. Someone's code was causing ASP to crash. We took 48 hours to trace down this guy and we moved him to his own application pool

Everything working and fast as always now :)

ok.. 48 hours? with me it has been down at times all week.. maybe its the restarting of the server thats causing a minute or two downtime...

It tooks us 48 hours to trace down the problem causing website, but yes ASP was crashing on Win4 for 3 or 4 days prior to that

Everything is stable on Win4 now and you won't be facing any further problems. We have closed down win4 for signups so new signups are going on our other servers.

I can side with you there as I get around the same at work and a bit less at home. It takes a long time looking through all the spam and unwanted virus e-mails to get to the ones that count. Spam settings and virus software help a bit but still I get loads.

As I work in a computer shop I see loads of PC running Virus software that is dated 2000 and down. I wish that users would update there virus software to the latest and not just download updates for a old version. Users complain about all the viruses and then do nothing about it to protect themselves. Shame there was not some detection page you could have to see if virus software is loaded on there PC and the version. From there you could stop access to a site and inform them to update to the latest version and come back when done. May be this is something someone can think about.

dj air wrote: Anyone heard of the latest virus (super virus)  all you got to do is click the subject heading and you can be infected.

I think you have to have the preview pane active. Also, MS just released 5 new security patches a couple of days ago that address the newer threats.

Keep Updating Your Virus Signature, That's the best way

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and that is what the virus makers want..

Eudora comes with mozilla right?

I will download it straight away

Outlook 2003 has an option that prevents links from emails to be active. You see no pictures, no links work unless you specifically enable them for that particular email or for that particular link. Also contains some decent anti-spam rules.

As a rule of thumb, I always have preview turned off in the inbox. I have set up some rules to route email from known sources (e.g. wwf post notifications) to a separate folder where I have preview turned on.

Check out providers who offer serverside solutions to spam and virii. I catch and block about 80% of my spam and ALL embedded viruses on the server.

Norton AV and Outlook 2003 catch about 99% or the remainder on my client PC. I get about 1200 spams per day, 150-200 hit my Pc, and only 1-3 make it to my inbox. Serverside Rocks!

Or just try to update your system every 2 days, and be carefull with what you open.

I think I will give this Eudora program a try.

Try Using Trend Micro online cleaner. It is best.

Block cookies in internet explorer after using trend micro and update your antiviruses.

It works well.

I use to use PC-cillin for some time, about 6 years ago and although I had no problems with it I moved to Norton and I'm currently using Norton 2004 at the moment, I’ve not had any problems with it but is it the general consensus that the Trend Micro products are the best? I use Norton as it has firewall as well. Does Trend Micro? Would you recommend Trend and say Zone Alarm Pro?

zMaestro wrote: hmm.. sorry, but why this topic is still kept sticked?!?

I think the only reason why this topic is still here is because so many on the net don’t get it into there skulls to get and up to date virus software on there system. Viruses are out there and being helped around the net by inconsiderate and stubborn computer users that want to save the smallest bit of cash but in doing so costing them more in the long run.

Grrrrr to them,,,,, Ok had my gripe for now.

1. Look at it
2. Raise finger
3. Press Delete key

http://www.pandasecurity.com - Panda Security is one of the best AVs that I have found.  It catches everthing up to now, and updates everyday, sometimes more than once.  They also have a feature that if the scanner doesn't know what a file is you can email to them and they will let you know if it is a virus or not.