keh??? nope, I am not a network admin at a uni, I am a net admin for an online payment gateway,, among other things... so when I am at home, (and I do all my talking to this list from home.. I don't really have more resouces then the average schmoo :-)
I got hacked once long ago, (redhat 6.2 wu-ftp) and it made me ultra paranoid, and since then I have not had any box under my protection hacked (that I have been able to verify anyway), caught a virus, or anything else detrimental, since I get about 1000 emails a day, I get alot of virus's, so I had to learn quick how to deal with it.. especially since I have alot of windows users on our network that I can't do anything about, I just protect them as I can. (and before you say anything Tom, they all run apps that can't be swapped over to linux... otherwise I would have already.) rgds Frank -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Frank McKenna Sent: Wednesday, 28 November 2001 3:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] win32 badtrans worm. Hi All, I am virus free but it took awhile. My apologies to all. It appears that I caught the virus from a Samba list. Just my two cents about comments from this list > > you might want to check your system Frank... > > Franki Franki, you've been a big help and I have apreciated your advice but, if I remember correctly, you are Network Admin at a Uni so you definitely have more recourses at your disposal than the humble newbie such as myself. Tom, you have been a good resource to people as well and I have read with great interest some of the helpful replies that you have posted. Maybe you'd like to come up here and get one of the five modems that I have (three of which are definitely supposed to work on Linux) WORKING. I have followed directions, installed drivers, etc. I have had all modems detected in the BIOS but no of them worked and one even caused my system to crash to the point that it was unrecoverable I can't ignore your arrogance and pomposity with comments such as this " to (ignorant, computer illiterate) Winblows users lists and > newsgroups. You'll be very busy on a daily basis ... mostly" taken from your rant below. Where do you get off saying crap like this. We all have to start somewhere and connecting to this list by any means possible is a godsend to newbies Just my two cents ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Brinkman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 11:19 AM 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 > > > Frank McKenna ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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