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-----Original Message-----
From: Jeffrey Harteam [mailto:jharteam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 8:02 AM
To: 'Don Ewers'
Subject: RE: bad timing on antivirus post
Hi Don:
It's most unfortunate that you have got the "Blaster". Since I got from the
news of this virus early in the morning last week. I just stopped all my
browsing activities. Apparently, this is one of the ways of the "Blaster"
to get to your computer. Unlike other virus, no attachments are needed.
Figured that ANY kind of anti virus software will not help if it doesn't
need email, as a media, to spread itself. I just stopped all browsing
activities for three days. It's primitive but it worked. On top of that,
asked my IT friend to send me the "patch" as well as the "fix" (just in case
I got infected) and installed the former. I guess it's a matter of knowing
exactly how the virus spreads itself and that will helped a lot in terms of
preventive measure. Of course, prompt action also helps to alleviate
potential problems. Hope things are fine for your systems now. Take care.
Have a good one
Jeff Harteam
Hong Kong
-----Original Message-----
From: Don Ewers [mailto:dbewers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 7:14 AM
To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: bad timing on antivirus post
Jeff,
I was running the Grisoft AVG (updates nightly) and I got the Blaster worm
last Sunday. Signs that you have it include, inability to print, links on
emails or websites do not work, copy and paste do not work, inability to
send any email (says you are out of memory), excel documents would not open
(says there is an embedding problem), word documents has similar negative
results, accessing the Microsoft site prevent you from being able to
download the patch MS has for the Blaster worm. Fortunately a friend
emailed me the direct link for the patch and once installed, emailed me
Symantec's worm removal and now everything is OK.
Net result not sure how it got through AVG but I was downloading "many file
attachments" from the WITS (wheelsinthesky) site at yahoogroups before they
delete all the attachments to the archived older messages (a new policy of
theirs which in my opinion renders their groups basically worthless (says
allot about yahoo as well?).
Anyway, that's my "brief" nightmare story (it may have been embedded in an
xls spreadsheet I downloaded, since that was the first time things started
to get weird).
don ewers
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffrey Harteam" <jharteam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Todd Hoff'" <gatrboots@xxxxxxxxx>; <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 5:43 PM
Subject: RE: bad timing on antivirus post
>
> Hi Todd:
> I use AVG from www.grisoft.com. Personally, McAfee gave me the bugs all
the
> time even when my virus data were up-to-date and Norton has had given me
the
> pain in updating. Even since, deleted both from my systems and have been
> using AVG since year 2000, never once being affected by a single virus.
> Virus gets caught occasionally but never get infected since installing
AVG.
> I use the free version and get the necessary updates all the time.
Running
> real time TS2000i along with it as well. No Problem to both software and
> the computers. Take care
> Have a good one
> Jeff
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Todd Hoff [mailto:gatrboots@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 3:39 PM
> To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: bad timing on antivirus post
>
>
> Hello again,
>
> Sorry for the poor timing of my post today on
> antivirus stuff. I was just catching up on the this
> list's digests from this past week and I see that
> there were some helpful prior posts on Norton's
> antivirus program.
>
> I gather that many of you are happy with Norton. Looks
> like I will follow your lead and use this. But if
> anyone else has any better Antivirus programs that
> work good with TS 2000i, please don't hestitate to
> post your comments or email me directly. Thanks again.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Todd Hoff
>
>
> > Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 04:41:03 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Todd Hoff <gatrboots@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: Omega forum posting <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Off topic: antivirus program that works
> > good with TS 2000i
> >
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > Sorry for this off topic post, but I need your
> > suggestions. My antivirus program that I was using
> > isn't working that great (fix it utilities 4.0), so
> > I
> > am looking for a better one. I would appreciate any
> > suggestions for a good one that also works good
> > while
> > running TS 2000i.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Todd Hoff
> >
>
>
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