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Lance, did you try mail call?
Posted By: Kim Thomas In Response To: Here's how to eliminate virus BEFORE the update... (Lance)
Date: Monday, 18 August 2003, at 2:40 p.m.
Have you tried mail call? mail call let you look at the headers before releasing it onto your inbox and it does not take any time to perform any test .. since you can just take one look and know immediately that it's a virus.
Usually the virus perpetrator uses bogus and emotional subject line to get people to open the infected email, with mail call it stands out like a sore thumb. YOu can see in the header, their virus code normally vb script type file, with an emotional subject line and garbage in the body.
I must say the subject lines get very creative these days ...
> The program I use is FREE and part of my
> anit-virus software. It uses heuristic
> analysis to catch viruses before it has been
> identified and an update made available.
> Basically what it does is isolate and
> "run" a command to see what it
> does. If it looks suspicious it won't let it
> infect your computer.> Will it catch everything? No. If it tried to
> simulate every possible outcome, it would
> tie up your computer. But it's good and it's
> FREE. It's also part of my FREE anti-virus
> program. When I say "my program,"
> I mean the one I use, not that I designed
> it.> I also use the free programs Ad-Aware and
> Zone-Alarm. These and my free anti-virus and
> I am very well protected.> I do feel that people need an anti-virus
> program, especially the heuristic kind
> described above. If you DO happen to get
> infected, the program can remove the virus
> very easily. My friend runs a computer store
> and right now they are making a LOT of money
> removing the latest virus, all because
> people did not have (or update) an
> anti-virus program. If they had one, they
> would not have to pay to have it removed.> In case you are wondering what I use, it is
> Anti-Virus Guard (AVG) from www.grisoft.com
> They have a FREE and paid version. The free
> version does not come with technical
> support, but the program is easy enough to
> use that many people will not need technical
> support.> Lance
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