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Barry
What browser are you using? With Outlook and NAV 5.01.03b, I never detected
the Happy worm on the download. It did catch it later.
Regards
Guy
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Barry Spreen
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 5:49 PM
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: How to check emails for virus?
At 09:46 AM 5/12/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Daniel wrote the following .."Although I have a filter for MetaStock
>ListServ posts, this message showed up in my Inbox (because of the Reply-TO
>format). I started my Anti-Virus program and clicked on the Happy99.EXE
>file. Immediately I got a virus alert from NAV v5. ..."
>
>Since he had to manually start the anti-virus program ... visual inspection
>was the line of defense that saved him from infection.
>
>Why isn't this automatic?
>
>Maybe somebody can point me towards some information on the web, etc. Hello
>Ton, what have you got in your files?
>
>Anyway ... I'm just relieved that my learning experience about virus was
the
>happy99 virus and not something more sinister.
>
>Best regards
>
>Walter
>
>
>
Walter,
I use Norton Anti Virus 5.0 with auto protect enabled. It caught happy99 as
it was downloaded from the server. I appreciate the immediacy which it
provides. About 6 months ago I was waiting for a program from a friend and
when I received a second note from him with an attachment, I ran our friend
happy99. I was fortunate that I only sent 3 messages before I sent a bcc to
myself and discovered the infection. No harm done, I was able to disinfect
and contact the people I had sent it to, but I now appreciate the continual
scan from NAV 5.0 (4.0 will not detect the non-viruses such as happy99)
especially with the number of attachments I receive.
Best,
Barry
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