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I would second Earls statements on setting security high. Perhaps one of the
reasons I have not had problems with virus infection is because I also have
the highest security settings in OE. There is a second setting on the
TOOLS>OPTIONS>SECURITY setting which is to "Do not allow attachments to be
opened or saved which could potentially be a virus". I have this checked and
while it can be a little inconvenient sometimes (e.g. will not allow you to
open .doc attachments) it is easily disabled if you do wish to download
something. In general I do not open any attachment which I was not
expecting.
As for the value of AVG vs Norton or whatever this is above my level. I have
used Norton in the past and had problems with it corrupting dlls. My point
is that with enough free possibilities around there is no excuse to be using
NOTHING.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Earl Adamy" <eadamy@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <MedianLine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 11:26 AM
Subject: [RT] Avoiding virus infection from email attachments
> It is not necessary to avoid Microsoft products or use Anti-Virus software
> to avoid infection. For most users, MS IE/OE integrate most easily into
the
> operating environment (not getting into anti-trust issues). AV software
does
> provide a level of "set it and forget it" security needed by some users,
> however the software can cause almost as many problems as it solves. AV
> software is not needed by those users willing to educate themselves a bit,
> take certain precautions, and avoid opening file types which may contain a
> virus.
>
> As I have mentioned here previously, I do not bother with anti-virus but I
> have secured my OE 5.5 to the highest levels of security. I have never had
a
> problem with anything thrown my way in years of using these lists and
> processing over 1,500 emails weekly.
>
> A) securing Outlook Express requires two simple steps:
>
> 1) Use Internet Explorer >Tools >Internet Options >Security, then click on
> the "Restricted Sites" icon. Under "Security Level for this zone" click on
> "Custom Level", change every setting to the most restrictive you can find
> (generally "Disable"), and click on "Ok" to save it.
>
> 2) Use Outlook Express >Tools >Options >Security, under "Security Zones"
> select "Restricted Sites Zone" ... this applies the most restrictive
> settings you have established in step 1.
>
> B) users who open email attachments which are not of types EML (email),
GIF,
> and JP(E)G (images) significantly increase chances of infection and should
> not do so without using AV software to first scan the attachment. Files of
> type EXE, COM, SCR, DOC, and XLS are particularly prone to virus trouble.
>
> C) Keep your Windows Updates current. The easiest way to do this is to
> download the Critical Updates Notification applet from the Microsoft
Windows
> Updates page.
>
> Earl
>
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