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At 10:54 AM 5/12/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Thanks for your email ... Yes, it was suppose to protect in real time.
>
>I hope that InnoculateIT is better!
>
>This is what they say in the help files:
>
>"Can you please tell me how to check e-mail attachments for viruses?
>
>InoculateIT Personal Edition Real-Time protection will check and clean any
>infected e-mail attachments when you open them. You can also Save the
>attachment to the hard disk and scan it using the main InoculateIT PE
>program. To check that Real-Time protection is enabled, move the pointer
>over the InoculateIT PE symbol in the system tray (located in the bottom
>right of the taskbar near the clock)."
>
>It sounds like the save to separate file and scan is best ... your basic
>"belt and suspender" procedure.
>
>Where can I get a "defanged" virus test of the system to see if it really
>works.
>
>Best regards
>
>Walter
>
All -- I notice that the above says: "will check and clean any infected
e-mail attachments when you open them." My understanding is that with the
HAPPY99.EXE virus (and I would assume many others as well), "when you open
(it)" is already way too late.
After a friend sent me the HAPPY99 a couple of weeks ago (somehow I had
sense enough not to "execute" it), I installed Norton AV 5.0 and have kept
it updated. It's set to start up when I start the computer. When the
HAPPY99.EXE attachment arrived yesterday morning, I got an IMMEDIATE
warning as soon as the file had finished download from the mail server --
everything stopped and a big DOS-like full-screen warning came up. I
deleted HAPPY99 as suggested and went on about my business. I didn't have
to "open" the file or anything like that -- Norton caught it "on the fly"
and warned me. Total time to take care of this undesirable intruder: about
20 seconds.
I am certainly impressed with this real-life up-close-and-personal
demonstration of AV protection at work. I can't comment on the
effectiveness of other AV programs, since I haven't used any, but I'm glad
I did get something installed and will surely keep it updated.
Best to all --
Chuck Engstrom
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