yes, normally I agree with you, but I have tightened it up abit,
many things in IE are turned off, outlook uses txt only, there is a firewall on this box, and it also sits behind my linux firewall.. and its win2000SP2, which in and of itself does not mean much, but its far more secure then win98, which again, isn't saying much.. but the fact is that I have never been infected on this box for anything, due to my paranoia... (Tiny firewall, PC-cillan and Innoculate all running at all times, and like I said, it sits behind a linux box and it gets its mail from a linux server that uses amavis and postfix to check all incoming and outgoing mail for Virus's... I only got franks email because the pattern file on the mail server was two days old, and apparently the virus is newer.. I just updated it and sent the virus though, and its all working fine. Thanks for the concern though... :-) rgds Frank -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom Brinkman Sent: Tuesday, 27 November 2001 2:19 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] win32 badtrans worm. On Monday 26 November 2001 12:13 pm, Franki wrote: > you might want to check your system Frank... > Franki You need to check your system Franki since you sent with: X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Importance: Normal WHICH is a guaranteed virus transmission propagater to other Windoze users, and pretty much fsck'ups the Net in general, even fellow Linux users who have to put up with the damage y'all propulgate to Net servers, and the stolen banwidth y'all suck up. I dunno how to convince y'all NEVER connect to the Net with, any M$ product. There is no way to secure or defend an M$ system. (period). You can only buy/beg/borrow a bunch of ineffective firewalls and virus scanners for M$ crap. Then, the only thing you've accomplished is to fool yourself. If you dual boot, delete anything Winblows has to do with connecting to the Net, unplug the phone line. Then you've got some security, at least till you buy a CD or floppy with a winblows virus on it. Buy a real modem and use a real OS to connect. It amazes me that some people who do run Linux (part time), believe that connecting with Windoze is a good, or even tolerable idea. Specially on this (Linux) list. Winsux virus warnings to this list are OFF TOPIC, immaterial, and border on ridiculous. Post these warnings to (ignorant, computer illiterate) Winblows users lists and newsgroups. You'll be very busy on a daily basis ... mostly you'll be weeks, even months and years behind Jeez, in a perfect world, Winblows users wouldn't be allowed to connect. ... there ought'a be a law -- Tom Brinkman Galveston Bay, USA
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