RE: [Aus-soaring] Spam - spy ware etc

2004-06-20 Thread skf1
Unsubscribe   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron Sanders Sent: Sunday, 20 June 2004 8:12 PM To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' Subject: RE: [Aus-soaring] Spam - spy ware etc   Unsubscribe     Fr

RE: [Aus-soaring] Spam - spy ware etc

2004-06-20 Thread Ron Sanders
Unsubscribe     From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Milton Holmes Sent: 06 May 2004 14:57 To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Spam - spy ware etc   www.bigfix.com has a good update service - you

Re: [Aus-soaring] Spam - spy ware etc, Warning Off topic contentfollows ;-)

2004-05-07 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 04:51 PM 7/05/04 +1000, you wrote: >> Is there some reason why a modem using NAT and a router with other anti >> hacking measures built in is worse than a Linux PC as a front end for net >> access? > >Probably not for your purposes. The NAT really makes it tough for the >hackers to get in. But

Re: [Aus-soaring] Spam - spy ware etc, Warning Off topic content follows ;-)

2004-05-07 Thread Peter Rundle
Is there some reason why a modem using NAT and a router with other anti hacking measures built in is worse than a Linux PC as a front end for net access? Probably not for your purposes. The NAT really makes it tough for the hackers to get in. But the virus and spam still get through because you i

Re: [Aus-soaring] Spam - spy ware etc, Warning Off topic contentfollows ;-)

2004-05-06 Thread gjo
> (My only problem is that SeeYou is not yet available on Linux). The Linux flight analysis and planning software Kflog: http://www.kflog.org/ is a bit quirky isn't it? It's only things like this and the fact I can't play Sailors of the Sky: http://www.sailorsofthesky.com/ on Linux that keep a Wi

Re: [Aus-soaring] Spam - spy ware etc, Warning Off topiccontentfollows ;-)

2004-05-06 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 10:37 AM 7/05/04 +1000, you wrote: >On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 20:47, Mike Borgelt wrote: > >> Easy to say but when 95% or so of the world uses Wintel and we have >> products that require PC support and specialist software like printed >> circuit design it isn't that easy and we still have to support

Re: [Aus-soaring] Spam - spy ware etc, Warning Off topic contentfollows ;-)

2004-05-06 Thread Robert Hart
On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 20:47, Mike Borgelt wrote: > Easy to say but when 95% or so of the world uses Wintel and we have > products that require PC support and specialist software like printed > circuit design it isn't that easy and we still have to support the Windows > standard whatever else we do

Re: [Aus-soaring] Spam - spy ware etc

2004-05-06 Thread Peter Holmes
Title: Message Ad Aware and Spybot are best run in conjunction as one will pick up the bits the other has missed. By themselves neither does a complete job.   PeterH     Was written I used to use Ad-aware for ...   Some time ago I changed to Spy Bot which picked up a bunch

Re: [Aus-soaring] Spam - spy ware etc, Warning Off topic contentfollows ;-)

2004-05-06 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 05:56 PM 6/05/04 +1000, you wrote: >Mike Borgelt wrote: > > Any guru's care to tell us what else we should do? > >Stop using Microsoft products! Thanks for the advice, I'd like to be able to take it,but: Easy to say but when 95% or so of the world uses Wintel and we have products that require

Re: [Aus-soaring] Spam - spy ware etc, Warning Off topic content follows ;-)

2004-05-06 Thread Peter Rundle
Mike Borgelt wrote: > Any guru's care to tell us what else we should do? Stop using Microsoft products! Advocate in all forums where computers are used for the adoption of *public* standards for data exchange. Mozilla rocks and it's free. http://www.mozilla.org (Konqueror is good too, though I

Re: [Aus-soaring] Spam - spy ware etc

2004-05-05 Thread Milton Holmes
-- From: Brian Wade To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 2:40 PM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Spam - spy ware etc >  Still use  software firewalls on each PC, antivirus and Spybot. Any guru's care to tell us what

Re: [Aus-soaring] Spam - spy ware etc

2004-05-05 Thread Pete Siddall
On Thu, 06 May 2004 14:36:33 +1000 Mike Borgelt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I got concerned about security a couple of months ago after reading > Jerry Pournelle's website(www.jerrypournelle.com)(he used to have a > column in Byte when it existed)and put in a router for our two PC's. > That requir

Re: [Aus-soaring] Spam - spy ware etc

2004-05-05 Thread Brian Wade
>  Still use  software firewalls on each PC, antivirus and Spybot. Any guru's care to tell us what else we should do? For those running Windows, regularly check for critical updates - and install them. Regularly update anti virus and Spy Bot If spam is a problem - see if your ISP can run your

Re: [Aus-soaring] Spam - spy ware etc

2004-05-05 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 01:52 PM 6/05/04 +0930, you wrote: >On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 02:10:53PM +1000, Scott & Sarah Lennon wrote: > > > We installed a firewall, Zone Alarm and Adaware this week after our > > computer downloaded 280mb while we were asleep, sending us way over our > > monthly allowance. > > > >There ar

Re: [Aus-soaring] Spam - spy ware etc

2004-05-05 Thread Mark Newton
On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 02:10:53PM +1000, Scott & Sarah Lennon wrote: > We installed a firewall, Zone Alarm and Adaware this week after our > computer downloaded 280mb while we were asleep, sending us way over our > monthly allowance. There are ISPs out there which don't blow up your bank

RE: [Aus-soaring] Spam - spy ware etc

2004-05-05 Thread Scott & Sarah Lennon
] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 6 May 2004 9:51 AM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Spam - spy ware etc In the world of virii and other such, you need belt, braces, tight fitting pants, and anything else that will hold the duds up

Re: [Aus-soaring] Spam - spy ware etc

2004-05-05 Thread phill . glasson
In the world of virii and other such, you need belt, braces, tight fitting pants, and anything else that will hold the duds up. I use Symantec AntiVirus, AdAware, and Spybot Search and Destroy for cleaning my machine, and download new definitions (updates) twice a week, and keep the software up-

Re: [Aus-soaring] Spam - spy ware etc

2004-05-05 Thread Brian Wade
Title: Message I used to use Ad-aware for all of the reasons cited by Nigel.   Some time ago I changed to Spy Bot which picked up a bunch of spyware that Ad Aware had missed.  It is also free.   One download link is   http://www.safer-networking.org   Then click on download   Regards   Brian

[Aus-soaring] Spam - spy ware etc

2004-05-05 Thread RF Developments Pty Ltd
Title: Message Hi all,   Recently I came across a piece of freeware called AD-AWARE , you can find version 6 for download free at various sites, type ad-aware into any search engine, it's just over 1mb to download. With my firewall and latest virus checker running, my machine still had 17 n