-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 September 6, 2003 07:32 pm, Eric S. Dye wrote: > Dear List, > > I received two viruses (both sobig) from the newbie list......from > HYPERLINK "mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"[EMAIL PROTECTED] and HYPERLINK > "mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"[EMAIL PROTECTED] I would suggest > getting a good antivirus program. I am using a combination of Norton, > Trend Micro, AVG and Benign. AVG can be gotten for free, though I use > the registered version. Benign is a wonderful program that just came > out that neutralizes any suspicious mail. It can be secured from > HYPERLINK > "http://www.firetrust.com"www.firetrust.com. There is a 15 day trial > on it and then you have to buy the program. McAfee has a good > program. I am using XP at the moment, but also have Lindows > installed. I have the Mandrake 9.0 as well, but it is not installed > at the moment. Having gotten a number of viruses from the Newbie > list, I am surprised because I thought Linux was pretty much > impervious to viruses. I don't know which of the above programs can > be used with Linux. > > Eric S. Dye, HYPERLINK "mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I seriously doubt you got the virus (either of them) from the list. What you got was from an infected Outlook Express 6. similar to what you are using. Version and software I mean, not the infected part. I have no idea whether yours has a problem. The "list" itself is a sympa server that doesn't know s**t from shinola about the troubles with Microsoft Viral Transport System. The people that help one another and any strays that show up to ask questions are highly unlikely to send you any infected messages. You can figure out where the mail really came from by checking the headers even in Outhouse Infect. Look under the "View" button for "Full Headers" or similar. Have fun Eric. Just don't preach anti-virus software to GNU/Linux users from a Windows computer; OK? Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Cooker on kernel 2.4.22-5mdk 19:37:49 up 10:20, 1 user, load average: 0.21, 0.38, 0.33 Only someone with nothing to be sorry for smiles back at the rear of an elephant. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/Wo2pG11CaRuZZSIRAt+8AJ95/K+TZLIY69HR6mPlh5VqhSNgQACfSBdc VMw9ZUFlWV7Biu0oNW9OYj0= =kAK3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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