Re: Req: Help with filter

2002-05-06 Thread Carsten Thönges
Hi Lars, hi list, * Lars Geiger (LG) writes: LG> Apart from that, ZA _can_ cause trouble. That's my personal experience LG> with that software on various systems of friends, and all problems could LG> easily be solved by ZoneAlarm'S uninstall routine. Full ACK. http://www.blood-thirsty-barbari

Re: Req: Help with filter

2002-05-06 Thread Jonathan Angliss
On Mon, 6 May 2002, Miguel A. Urech wrote: > Hello Jonathan, > > > I should correct myself I guess... I've not seen ZoneAlarm correcting file > > extensions because 'it' thought they were 'harmful'. That to me would be > > more of an inconvenience than a feature... especially the amount of fiels

Re: Req: Help with filter

2002-05-06 Thread Miguel A. Urech
Hello Jonathan, > I should correct myself I guess... I've not seen ZoneAlarm correcting file > extensions because 'it' thought they were 'harmful'. That to me would be > more of an inconvenience than a feature... especially the amount of fiels > I get sent. Do you think that the Options/Prefere

Zone Alarm! Re: Req: Help with filter

2002-05-05 Thread Adam
On Mon, 6 May 2002, tracer wrote: > Hello Lars Geiger, > On Sun, 5 May 2002 22:44:41 +0200 GMT your local time, > which was Monday, May 6, 2002, 3:44:41 AM (GMT+0700) my local time, > > GAK>> I've been using ZoneAlarm for more than 18 months without any > GAK>> trouble. I think it's great. Ther

Re: Req: Help with filter

2002-05-05 Thread Jonathan Angliss
On Sun, 5 May 2002, Michael Disabato wrote: > Sunday, May 5, 2002, 1:55:34 PM, Jonathan scribbled: > > JA> On Sun, 5 May 2002, Michael Kellogg wrote: > > >> For some reason I have been getting emails - no doubt viruses - from > >> people I don't even know, with 3 attachments: One is an almost-bla

Re: Req: Help with filter

2002-05-05 Thread Michael Disabato
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: MD5 Sunday, May 5, 2002, 1:55:34 PM, Jonathan scribbled: JA> On Sun, 5 May 2002, Michael Kellogg wrote: >> For some reason I have been getting emails - no doubt viruses - from >> people I don't even know, with 3 attachments: One is an almost-blank >> HTM

Re: Req: Help with filter

2002-05-05 Thread tracer
Hello Lars Geiger, On Sun, 5 May 2002 22:44:41 +0200 GMT your local time, which was Monday, May 6, 2002, 3:44:41 AM (GMT+0700) my local time, Lars Geiger wrote: > Hi Georg, > On Sunday, May 5, 2002 at 21:34:10 [GMT +0200], you wrote: GAK>> I've been using ZoneAlarm for more than 18 months w

Re: Req: Help with filter

2002-05-05 Thread tracer
Hello Miguel A. Urech, On Sun, 5 May 2002 21:39:20 +0200 GMT your local time, which was Monday, May 6, 2002, 2:39:20 AM (GMT+0700) my local time, Miguel A. Urech wrote: > Hello Michael, >> one is some decoy file, like a jpg or Word doc, and one is >> a ".zl?" file, where "?" = 3 or 9 usuall

Re: Req: Help with filter

2002-05-05 Thread tracer
Hello Lars Geiger, On Sun, 5 May 2002 21:00:11 +0200 GMT your local time, which was Monday, May 6, 2002, 2:00:11 AM (GMT+0700) my local time, Lars Geiger wrote: > Hi Michael, > On Sunday, May 5, 2002 at 11:25:18 [GMT -0700], you wrote: MK>> For some reason I have been getting emails - no do

Re: Req: Help with filter

2002-05-05 Thread Jonathan Angliss
I should correct myself I guess... I've not seen ZoneAlarm correcting file extensions because 'it' thought they were 'harmful'. That to me would be more of an inconvenience than a feature... especially the amount of fiels I get sent. My apologise for causing any confusion ;) On Sun, 5 May 2002,

Re: Req: Help with filter

2002-05-05 Thread Lars Geiger
Hi stuart, On Sunday, May 5, 2002 at 21:53:45 [GMT +0100], you wrote: LG>> The problem with a "personal firewall" is that the security it can LG>> offer is rather limited (or "almost 0"). sw> Care to back that statement up with some evidence? Most of this was already in my last message, althoug

Re[2]: Req: Help with filter

2002-05-05 Thread stuart watt
Hello Lars, Sunday, May 5, 2002, 9:44:41 PM, you wrote: LG> The problem with a "personal firewall" is that the security it can offer LG> is rather limited (or "almost 0"). These kind of programs make a user LG> believe that (s)he has installed a "really effective" program to protect LG> his/her

Re: Req: Help with filter

2002-05-05 Thread Lars Geiger
Hi Georg, On Sunday, May 5, 2002 at 21:34:10 [GMT +0200], you wrote: GAK> I've been using ZoneAlarm for more than 18 months without any GAK> trouble. I think it's great. There are a couple of alternatives GAK> (like Tiny), The problem with a "personal firewall" is that the security it can offer

Re: Req: Help with filter

2002-05-05 Thread Melissa Reese
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday, May 05, 2002, at 11:25:18 AM PST, Michael Kellogg wrote: > ...with 3 attachments: One is an almost-blank HTML file, one is some > decoy file, like a jpg or Word doc, and one is a ".zl?" file, where > "?" = 3 or 9 usually. As Miguel mentio

Re: Req: Help with filter

2002-05-05 Thread Miguel A. Urech
Hello Michael, > one is some decoy file, like a jpg or Word doc, and one is > a ".zl?" file, where "?" = 3 or 9 usually. The zl? extensions are because they have been quarantined by ZoneAlarm. -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v1.60c _

Re: Req: Help with filter

2002-05-05 Thread Georg A. Krohg
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 LG> A .zl? file is created by ZoneAlarm, which changes the extension of LG> certain attachments on incoming messages as a security measure. IMHO, LG> you should get rid of that program. This will save you much trouble. I've been using ZoneAlarm for

Re: Req: Help with filter

2002-05-05 Thread Lars Geiger
Hi Michael, On Sunday, May 5, 2002 at 11:25:18 [GMT -0700], you wrote: MK> For some reason I have been getting emails - no doubt viruses - from MK> people I don't even know, with 3 attachments: One is an almost-blank MK> HTML file, one is some decoy file, like a jpg or Word doc, and one MK> is a

Re: Req: Help with filter

2002-05-05 Thread Jonathan Angliss
On Sun, 5 May 2002, Michael Kellogg wrote: > For some reason I have been getting emails - no doubt viruses - from > people I don't even know, with 3 attachments: One is an almost-blank > HTML file, one is some decoy file, like a jpg or Word doc, and one is > a ".zl?" file, where "?" = 3 or 9 usua

Req: Help with filter

2002-05-05 Thread Michael Kellogg
For some reason I have been getting emails - no doubt viruses - from people I don't even know, with 3 attachments: One is an almost-blank HTML file, one is some decoy file, like a jpg or Word doc, and one is a ".zl?" file, where "?" = 3 or 9 usually. I created a filter that processes incoming mai