Re: Anti Virus S/W

Hello Allister Jenks & everyone else, on 03-Apr-2005 at 03:29 you (Allister Jenks) wrote: > I think there is also considerable "risk" in placing any weight behind > "payware" being of better quality because you have to pay for it. I never meant to say that. > I realise you said the first two fa

Re: Anti Virus S/W

Hello Anthony G. Atkielski & everyone else, on 03-Apr-2005 at 10:13 you (Anthony G. Atkielski) wrote: > If you don't open attachments, have a firewall, and don't run active > content on your browser, you won't be infected by viruses and the like, > with or without antivirus software. Nonsense.

Re: Anti Virus S/W

Kevin Coates writes: > Most of us spend a fair amount of money on our hardware and Internet > access. Buying a decent AV package should be part of the process. Yes, > you can do it for free, but is it worth the risk? If you don't open attachments, have a firewall, and don't run active content on

Re: Anti Virus S/W

Sunday, April 3, 2005, 10:57:11 AM, Alexander wrote: ASK> This perhaps leads to a meta discussion about the different types and ASK> motivations of free software, and it was not my intention to lead the ASK> discussion into that direction. Sheesh! All I did was recommend AVG on the basis that it

Re: Anti Virus S/W

Hi Ron, On 2/4/2005 7:07 PM -0500, you wrote: No problem here. I barely even know that it's doing a scan except for hearing the HD running and seeing the icon on the taskbar. I find the personal experiences to vary so much that this does factor in one's final choice. Though I agree with Alexande

Re: Anti Virus S/W

MFPA [M] wrote, M> Never tried nod32 but since I switched to AVG7 when Pc-Cillin 2000 M> stopped working I find my machine is much slower; almost unuseable M> when AVG is doing a system scan. No problem here. I barely even know that it's doing a scan except for hearing the HD running and seeing

Re: Anti Virus S/W

Hello Mica Mijatovic & everyone else, on 03-Apr-2005 at 00:19 you (Mica Mijatovic) wrote: > I see you haven't read my passage about *the* free software I refer to, > *yet*, starting with "And just a" and ending with "I do that". I read that, but how could I know about your views after reading yo

Re: Anti Virus S/W

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 ***^\ ."_)~~ ~( __ _"o Was another beautiful day, Sat, 2 Apr 2005, @ @ at 20:25:53 +0200, when Alexander S. Kunz wrote: >> While its true you often get what you pay for, I think a reasonable >> defence can be built for free. Not all

Re: Anti Virus S/W

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 ***^\ ."_)~~ ~( __ _"o Was another beautiful day, Sat, 2 Apr 2005, @ @ at 18:41:31 +0200, when Alexander S. Kunz wrote: > Now, in your very special way you sound as if you're slightly offended > by that. Nononononononoono... (-: I

Re: Anti Virus S/W

Hello Kevin Coates & everyone else, on 02-Apr-2005 at 19:31 you (Kevin Coates) wrote: > Realistically I don't think I would rely on any AV software to be my > sole defence. A good virus scanner is only one part of a complete security strategy, and you named a couple of very

Re: Anti Virus S/W

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Alexander, On Sat, 2 Apr 2005 13:21:26 +0200 (6:21 AM here), Alexander S. Kunz [ASK] wrote in : ASK> To make it clear: AntiVir removed 87 malware files, but it did ASK> not clean the machine. ASK> I want to add my very pers

Re: Anti Virus S/W

ned, and I allowed myself to start with a more general contribution to the AV software thread. Now, in your very special way you sound as if you're slightly offended by that. You don't need to. It may be that you are, right now, infected with a virus, trojan, or adware dropper (while yo

Re: Anti Virus S/W

ou (Mica Mijatovic) wrote: >> AntiVir > Every time someone asks for an AV program recommendation, the answers > contain things like "it always worked for me" or "I had zero issues" > or "its fast and resource friendly" or even "the best thing: its >

Re: Anti Virus S/W

urce friendly" or even "the best thing: its free!" (if thats the best thing for you about a virus scanner, you have to seriously think about what your intentions are when using the program!) In other words: answers that IMHO have *nothing* to do with the choice of an AV program. P

Re: Re[4]: Anti Virus S/W

On Sat, 2 Apr 2005 10:44:03 +0100, "Jeff Gaines" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>said: >> No, five this morning :-( >> >> I have installed F-Prot temporarily, I can't get past this 'AMON' >> lockup, I have reported it to the NOD web site. It's a shame you are encountering issues with NOD32; I have installed o

Re[4]: Anti Virus S/W

Hello Group On Saturday, April 2, 2005, 6:53:46 AM, Rich wrote: >>> You can try out Nod32 for free and see if it suits you... JG>> Many thanks for all the input :-) JG>> I have ... installed the trial of NOD32. ... Just need somebody to JG>> send me Netsky again to see how effective it is. > I

Re: Anti Virus S/W

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 ***^\ ."_)~~ ~( __ _"o Was another beautiful day, Sat, 2 Apr 2005, @ @ at 14:16:43 +1200, when Allister Jenks wrote: > Friday, April 1, 2005, 10:05:22 PM, Jeff wrote: JG>> Has anybody any recommendations for an effective A/V produc

Re: Anti Virus S/W

Friday, April 1, 2005, 10:05:22 PM, Jeff wrote: JG> Has anybody any recommendations for an effective A/V product that will JG> work unobtrusively in the background and check my incoming email? I recommend AVG. The best part is it is free! I've used it for years now with zero issues and it integ

Re[2]: Anti Virus S/W

other program where its enough to look at a message to > get infected by a virus). Fair point but it acts as an additional spam trap to some extent, my new email host isn't as effective at catching spam as my old one. -- Jeff Gaines Damerham Hampshire UK :Jeff_Gaines: ___

Re[2]: Anti Virus S/W

Hello Group On Friday, April 1, 2005, 4:14:36 PM, Mark wrote: > You can try out Nod32 for free and see if it suits you... Many thanks for all the input :-) I have uninstalled NAV (4 separate apps!) and installed the trial of NOD32. In fact I have installed it four times, the first three times I

Re: Anti Virus S/W

Hello MFPA, Friday, April 1, 2005, 3:50:48 PM, you wrote: M> Never tried nod32 but since I switched to AVG7 when Pc-Cillin 2000 M> stopped working I find my machine is much slower; almost unuseable M> when AVG is doing a system scan. I used PC-Cillin too and was happy with it. I still have a Tr

Re: Anti Virus S/W

x27;t it enough if a malicious attachment is caught once you accidentally try to save/run it? The filesystem realtime protection will catch it. Remember, we're using TheBat (and not that other program where its enough to look at a message to get infected by a virus). -- Best regar

Re: Anti Virus S/W

Hi On Friday 1 April 2005 at 11:53:53 AM, in , Ron Secord wrote: > I also use AVG 7 Pro along side nod32 and they co-exist very > nicely on my machine. Never had a problem with them. > AVG has a plugin for email detection where nod32 does not need > one. > So I guess I'm

Re: Anti Virus S/W

Hallo Jeff, On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 11:05:22 +0100GMT (1-4-2005, 12:05 +0100, where I live), you wrote: JG> I have a paid for copy of F-Prot but it doesn't check email which I JG> feel is quite important nowadays. IIRC F-Prot had a commandline interface, so you should be able to create a filter that

Re: Anti Virus S/W

MAU [M] wrote, MR>>> http://www.nod32.com/ >> Agreed! > Yes, agreed here too. I'll throw my vote in there too. Although it is recommended that anyone not use more than one AV solution due to potential conflicts, I also use AVG 7 Pro along side nod32 and they co-exist very nicely on my machine.

Re: Anti Virus S/W

Hello Mark, MR>> http://www.nod32.com/ > > Agreed! Yes, agreed here too. -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v3.0.2.10 Current version is 3.0.1.33 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/t

Re: Anti Virus S/W

Hello Melissa, Friday, April 1, 2005, 12:14:15 PM, you wrote: MR> I'm always happy to recommend NOD32. It's fast, accurate, and even on MR> not very powerful machines, it's very resource friendly. I've used it MR> for almost four years now, and it has always been very stable and MR> trouble free

Re: Anti Virus S/W

Hi Jeff, On Friday, April 01, 2005, at 2:05:22 AM PST, you wrote: > Has anybody any recommendations for an effective A/V product that > will work unobtrusively in the background and check my incoming > email? I'm always happy to recommend NOD32. It's fast, accurate, and even on not very powerful

Anti Virus S/W

Hello Group Apologies if this is way off topic for this group but Norton Anti Virus (AKA as Over Bearing Net Nanny, per Marck) is driving me mad, it is now putting up a dialog every ten second telling me my A/V protection is turned off, which it isn't. I have a paid for copy of F-Prot b

Re: Netsky Virus

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 ***^\ ."_)~~ ~( __ _"o Was another beautiful day, Sun, 27 Mar 2005, @ @ at 18:27:17 +0100, when Marck D Pearlstone wrote: > Mrs. Overbearing Nanny (NAV) is pouncing on the infected file before > TB can handle it and NAV is removing

Re[2]: Netsky Virus

e from the server. Alexander/Marck Many thanks, as you said the message was sitting on the server so I went in via web mail and deleted it :-) I have a new hosting company for my email and its virus checking doesn't seem to be very effective yet :-( I do try and practice safe hex and I was

Re: Netsky Virus

ver and over again (and each time TB tries to access the tempfile, NAV pops in and catches it). You should open the mail dispatcher (menu Account | Dispatch mail on server) and delete the offending message from the server. Since TB is not vulnerable to any virus (as long as you are aware that you sho

Re: Netsky Virus

Dear Jeff, @27-Mar-2005, 18:14 Jeff Gaines [JG] in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: ... JG> Can anybody tell me the mechanics of TB! starting up that causes JG> this file to be written to the temp folder - I am concerned that JG> my MAPI has been hi-jacked. No such! This is simple. You have an inc

Netsky Virus

Hello Group This may not be the best place to ask but I am banging my head against the wall... I seem to have picked up the Netsky virus ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), despite using the NVidia firewall. Each time I start TB! Norton a/v pops up and says it has found an infected file in my temp folder, NAV

Re: To all virus code resenders (-:

Mica Mijatovic @ 2004-Nov-21 2:54:46 PM "To all virus code resenders (-:" <mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > It relates to a messages sent to TBTECH and here is a short > explanation: MID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, subject "Re: > OT: Eicar Test", 21 Nov 2004 17:42:1

Re: To all virus code resenders (-:

Hello Alexander, On 21 November 2004 at 20:10:15GMT +0100 (which was 19:10 where I live) Alexander S. Kunz wrote and made these points on the subject of "To all virus code resenders (-:": ASK> Nevertheless, "Sober.I" is on the rampage since friday, and since it is th

Re: To all virus code resenders (-:

rote: >> Please "do not feel singled out", (-; but all re-senders of the virus >> code will be for the next 24 hours in my temporary Selective Download >> filter. > I don't have the faintest idea what you're talking about, so I guess it > doesn't

Re: To all virus code resenders (-:

Hello Mica Mijatovic & everyone else, on 21-Nov-2004 at 18:55 you (Mica Mijatovic) wrote: > Please "do not feel singled out", (-; but all re-senders of the virus > code will be for the next 24 hours in my temporary Selective Download > filter. I don't have the faint

To all virus code resenders (-:

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Please "do not feel singled out", (-; but all re-senders of the virus code will be for the next 24 hours in my temporary Selective Download filter. The first test message, sent by Peter (Meyns), I had accepted as a such and I responded t

Anti-Virus Programs that work with TB! [was Re: PC-cillin and TB!]

Hello Ivan! On Friday, November 05, 2004, 8:35 AM, you wrote: MB>> Kaspersky and TB! are no longer compatible I> As I heard TheBat can work with KAV 4,5 - 5 (Personal) I> via new plug-in klav 4.0.1.19 I> http://www.thebatworld.de/modules/download/index.php?op=viewlinkdetails&lid=44&ttitle=Kasp

Norton AntiVirus 2003: Using Anti-Virus Plug-Ins

nces' tree, and clicked on the 'Anti-Virus' leaf, but Norton AntiVirus has no antiviral plug-ins (.BAV files). I checked the following FTP site, but saw no plug-in that appears to pertain to NAV: ftp://ftp.gin.cz/pub/mswindows/the_bat/plugins/antivirus/ On a Polish Web site about Th

Re: AVG Anti Virus plug in not working?

Hi Arjan, On Sun, 18 Jul 2004, at 01:10:06 [GMT+0200] (which was 9:10:06 Australian Eastern Time) you wrote: > Hmm.. Were those missed files any special? Compressed with rar or > Zipped with a password? Having names with non-standard extensions? > And have you checked the options before scannin

Re: AVG Anti Virus plug in not working?

On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 07:56:11 +1000, John Phillips wrote: >> Just stating AVG missed "two viruses" isn't very helpful. What >> viruses are you talking about? > Netsky variation, and BugBear I have received numerous mail-copies of Bugbear and most of the Netsky alphabet and the AVG plug-in has nev

Re: AVG Anti Virus plug in not working?

Hi Paul, On Sat, 17 Jul 2004, at 15:50:33 [GMT-0400] (which was Sun, 5:50:33 Australian Eastern Time) you wrote: > you are never going to find one program that "gets them all", some do > better faster.. > that's why I run AVG plug-in and I also have Avast installed, keep it > updated, and run a

Re: AVG Anti Virus plug in not working?

Hi Arjan, On Sat, 17 Jul 2004, at 19:30:07 [GMT+0200] (which was Sun, 3:30:07 Australian Eastern Time) you wrote: > Another unsubstantiated claim. I want facts, not hearsay. > So, can you tell me the names of those nasty critters? See previous post. -- John Phillips, Sydney, Australia Usi

Re: AVG Anti Virus plug in not working?

Hi Wolffe, On Sat, 17 Jul 2004, at 12:18:28 [GMT-0400] (which was Sun, 2:18:28 Australian Eastern Time) you wrote: > IMO, pay the pieces of eight and get AVG 7. That is the one that is not finding the nasties. -- John Phillips, Sydney, Australia Using The Bat! v2.12.00 on Windows XP 5.1 Bu

Re: AVG Anti Virus plug in not working?

Hi Arjan, On Sat, 17 Jul 2004, at 16:14:08 [GMT+0200] (which was Sun, 0:14:08 Australian Eastern Time) you wrote: > Just stating AVG missed "two viruses" isn't very helpful. What > viruses are you talking about? Netsky variation, and BugBear >>Is the AVG plug in faulty, or is AVG generally no

Re: AVG Anti Virus plug in not working?

Hi WilWilWil, On Sat, 17 Jul 2004, at 13:39:21 [GMT+0200] (which was 21:39:21 Australian Eastern Time) you wrote: > What AVG do you use ? Free version 6 or version 7. Version 7. -- John Phillips, Sydney, Australia Using The Bat! v2.12.00 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 Four

Re: AVG Anti Virus plug in not working?

On Saturday, July 17, 2004, 3:21 PM, you wrote: E> Nor I. I don't buy the stories that abound about ALL AV E> programs. Keep them updated, exercise common sense, don't E> just open attachments willy-nilly, we've all heard it before E> and it works. you are never going to find one program that "

Re: AVG Anti Virus plug in not working?

> Not yet Paul.. I too use the free version of AVG and I'm > not ready to switch just yet. Nor I. I don't buy the stories that abound about ALL AV programs. Keep them updated, exercise common sense, don't just open attachments willy-nilly, we've all heard it before and it works. -- Elaine

Re: AVG Anti Virus plug in not working?

On Saturday, July 17, 2004, 2:44 PM, you wrote: PC>> so, they are leaving us vulnerable and they know it?? so the free PC>> version is less worthwhile, or worthless, since it doesn't catch PC>> everything they know about. I guess it is time to switch! P> Not yet Paul.. I too use the free version

Re: AVG Anti Virus plug in not working?

Saturday, July 17, 2004, 2:38:39 PM, Paul wrote: W>> I had put AVG free version on a friend's computer that was having W>> virus problems. (Norton wasnt finding anything.) It found a W>> key-capture trojan, but could not remove it. I convinced her to buy W>> AVG

Re: AVG Anti Virus plug in not working?

On Saturday, July 17, 2004, 12:18 PM, you wrote: W> I had put AVG free version on a friend's computer that was having W> virus problems. (Norton wasnt finding anything.) It found a W> key-capture trojan, but could not remove it. I convinced her to buy W> AVG 7. It removed the t

Re: AVG Anti Virus plug in not working?

On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 12:18:28 -0400, Wolffe wrote: > [...] I convinced her to buy AVG 7. It removed the trojan and > several copies of some other nasty little critters than neither > Norton nor AVG 6 found. Pattern files for both were up to date. Another unsubstantiated claim. I want facts, not he

Re: AVG Anti Virus plug in not working?

t as good as PcCillin? A> Who can say. Have you tried scanning your pc with AVG, with the most A> recent update installed? I had put AVG free version on a friend's computer that was having virus problems. (Norton wasnt finding anything.) It found a key-capture trojan, but could not re

Re: AVG Anti Virus plug in not working?

On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 16:46:44 +1000, John Phillips wrote: > Just for fun (?), I ran the PcCillin free scan on my pc [ ] > and for the third time in a row, it picked up two viruses (virii?) > in Bat attachments which AVG missed. Just stating AVG missed "two viruses" isn't very helpful. What viruses

Re: AVG Anti Virus plug in not working?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 ***^\ ."_)~~ ~( __ _"o Was Sat, 17 Jul 2004, at 07:32:41 -0400, @ @ when [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: JP>> I ran the PcCillin free scan on my pc JP>> http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ JP>> and for the third time in a row, it picked up

Re: AVG Anti Virus plug in not working?

==Original message text=== From: John Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, July 17, 2004, 8:46:44 AM Subject: AVG Anti Virus plug in not working? JP> Hi Bat! Fans, JP> Just for fun (?), I ran the PcCillin free scan on my

Re: AVG Anti Virus plug in not working?

On Sat, 17 Jul 2004, John posted to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in regards to AVG Anti Virus plug in not working? : JP> I ran the PcCillin free scan on my pc JP> http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ JP> and for the third time in a row, it picked up two viruses JP> (virii?) in Bat attachments whic

AVG Anti Virus plug in not working?

Hi Bat! Fans, Just for fun (?), I ran the PcCillin free scan on my pc http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ and for the third time in a row, it picked up two viruses (virii?) in Bat attachments which AVG missed. I e-mailed AVG about the previous two times missed, but they never had the courtesy to

Bug Report: Unable to parse PayPal.com spoofed message with Mimail virus

Hello: I get these messages containing the Mimail virus (I-Worm/Mimail.J according to AVG) supposedly from PayPal.com (but obviously spoofed!) and TB has a hard time parsing them correctly. In fact, by some reason it sets the *ENTIRE* message text (headers, body and all) as a single

Re: What's the use of an Anti virus plug-in?

x27;t say there was anything terribly wrong with it, I WK> just asked whether the plugin was necessary. Go to: http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm and get some "false" virus files and test TheBat with and without the AVG plugin and report the results back to the group. -- Rega

Re: What's the use of an Anti virus plug-in?

On Thursday, June 24, 2004, 12:33:02 PM, Ben wrote: Wayne>> I didn't say there was anything terribly wrong with it, Wayne>> I just asked whether the plugin was necessary. BA> Its not necessary, but then again AV programs generally aren't BA> specifically necessary but they do a valuabl

Re[3]: What's the use of an Anti virus plug-in?

Howdy Wayne, Thursday, June 24, 2004, 2:57:23 AM, Wayne wrotened: Wayne> I didn't say there was anything terribly wrong with it, Wayne> I just asked whether the plugin was necessary. Its not necessary, but then again AV programs generally aren't specifically necessary but they do a

Re[2]: What's the use of an Anti virus plug-in?

Monday, June 21, 2004, 11:26:39 AM, Andre wrote: > On 21 Jun 2004 at 21:03:10 -0600 GMT [05:03 CEST] you wrote: WK>> Will AVG work without the plugin? I only use pop3 and am happy WK>> to have infected messages/attachments just deleted. > What's so terrible wrong with doing exactly that with a p

Re: What's the use of an Anti virus plug-in?

Hello Wayne, On 21 Jun 2004 at 21:03:10 -0600 GMT [05:03 CEST] you wrote: WK> Will AVG work without the plugin? I only use pop3 and am happy WK> to have infected messages/attachments just deleted. What's so terrible wrong with doing exactly that with a plugin? -- Cheers, Andre "Ein Kuß ist

Re[2]: What's the use of an Anti virus plug-in?

T>> What use is an Anti Virus (AV) plug-in? T>> I think all decent AV tools sniff incoming/outgoing e-mail traffic T>> automatically. T>> So what benefit does a plug-in add? > It quarantines bad mails into a quarantine folder within TB, while a > AV program without

Re: Virus warning upon execution of mail download

Hello Avi, On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 11:53:19 -0500 GMT (16/06/2004, 23:53 +0700 GMT), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: scc> I would like to thank Thomas Fernandez and everyone else who wrote in scc> regarding the virus warning I received upon downloading mail. You're welcome. :-) scc> [Now,

Re: Re[2]: Virus warning upon execution of mail download

I would like to thank Thomas Fernandez and everyone else who wrote in regarding the virus warning I received upon downloading mail. (For those who are keeping track, I posted the problem from my other e-mail address ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).) Because my eTrust AV program works so well, it caught

Re[2]: What's the use of an Anti virus plug-in?

Hello Joseph, JN> On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 20:51:57 GMT, Allie Martin wrote: >> You may also be using POP3 but with encryption. Again, the usual >> POP3 scanners will not detect viruses over an ecrypted feed. The >> plugin helps there. JN> Allie, wouldn't the AMON fi

Re: What's the use of an Anti virus plug-in?

On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 20:51:57 GMT, Allie Martin wrote: > You may also be using POP3 but with encryption. Again, the usual > POP3 scanners will not detect viruses over an ecrypted feed. The > plugin helps there. Allie, wouldn't the AMON filter detect the virus when it hits the disk

Re: Virus warning upon execution of mail download

Sunday, June 13, 2004, 11:56:53 AM, Thomas Fernandez wrote: > On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 09:41:02 +0200 GMT Tony wrote: T>> [...] All people with good intentions. But sometimes a T>> virus pops up. The sender just forwarded an infected T>> mail to the list. I know it's a

Re: Virus warning upon execution of mail download

Hello Melissa Thank you for your email dated Sunday, June 13, 2004, 8:57:20 AM, in which you wrote: > On Sunday, June 13, 2004, at 12:52:08 AM PST, you wrote: >> I don't have this problem using NOD32 independently. >> It flags an incoming virus-laden message, I delete it, e

Re: Virus warning upon execution of mail download

omatically delete all of them before I get a > chance to say "yes" or "no?" Do you really want to start the dispatcher every time you receive a virus? Why don't you exclude The Bat!'s temporary files from scanning? Carsten --

Re[2]: Virus warning upon execution of mail download

Hello Thomas, TF>>> The AV should kick in when I ask it. That's how I have set it: It I do TF>>> want to open an attachment, I ask the doctor (PC-Cillin): Does this TF>>> file contain a virus? T>> I *will* forget to ask the doctor for sure :( T>> T

Re: Virus warning upon execution of mail download

Hello Tony, On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 09:41:02 +0200 GMT (13/06/2004, 14:41 +0700 GMT), Tony wrote: TF>> The AV should kick in when I ask it. That's how I have set it: It I do TF>> want to open an attachment, I ask the doctor (PC-Cillin): Does this TF>> file contain a virus? T&

Re: Virus warning upon execution of mail download

Hello achdut, On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 02:29:44 -0500 GMT (13/06/2004, 14:29 +0700 GMT), achdut wrote: TF>> The despatcher shows you the mails on the server, before they even TF>> get to the temp directory. a> If I use this utility, will I be able to identify which messages to a> delete, or will it a

Re[2]: What's the use of an Anti virus plug-in?

Hello William, WM> Hello Simon WM> Thank you for your email dated Saturday, June 12, 2004, 9:26:48 PM, WM> in which you wrote: >> NOD32 can only deal with POP3 or MAPI through it's IMON / EMON >> scanners. WM> Since IMON is email client independent and works at the winsock level WM> doesn't it

Re[2]: Virus warning upon execution of mail download

Hello Melissa, MR> Hi William, MR> On Sunday, June 13, 2004, at 12:52:08 AM PST, you wrote: >> I don't have this problem using NOD32 independently. >> It flags an incoming virus-laden message, I delete it, end of story. MR> I've been using NOD32 for a few years

Re: Virus warning upon execution of mail download

Hi William, On Sunday, June 13, 2004, at 12:52:08 AM PST, you wrote: > I don't have this problem using NOD32 independently. > It flags an incoming virus-laden message, I delete it, end of story. I've been using NOD32 for a few years now (since v1.x), and I really like the way v

Re: Virus warning upon execution of mail download

ependently. It flags an incoming virus-laden message, I delete it, end of story. -- Regards William Flying with The Bat! www.ritlabs.com/the_bat Windows 2000 Pro 2195 Service Pack 4 Current version is 2.11.02 | 'Usin

Re[2]: Virus warning upon execution of mail download

Hello Thomas, <.> T>> At that time the other part of your AV should kick in. TF> The AV should kick in when I ask it. That's how I have set it: It I do TF> want to open an attachment, I ask the doctor (PC-Cillin): Does this TF> file contain a virus? I *will* fo

Re: What's the use of an Anti virus plug-in?

Hello Simon Thank you for your email dated Saturday, June 12, 2004, 9:26:48 PM, in which you wrote: > NOD32 can only deal with POP3 or MAPI through it's IMON / EMON > scanners. Since IMON is email client independent and works at the winsock level doesn't it catch any incoming message? -- Rega

Re: What's the use of an Anti virus plug-in?

Hello Michael Thank you for your email dated Saturday, June 12, 2004, 9:01:06 PM, in which you wrote: > I use NOD32 with TB! and I do not use a plugin, and EVERY virus that > comes my way is caught. I have NEVER had problem. Same here. At the risk of sounding repetitive, plugins (

Re[2]: Virus warning upon execution of mail download

Hello Thomas, Sunday, June 13, 2004, 2:11:14 AM, you wrote: a>> And, just exactly, what IS TB's mail despatcher (dispatcher?) TF> It's a utility with which you can manage mails on the (POP) server: TF> Account / Despatch Mail on Server / All messages. a>> It would appear that these files are

Re: Virus warning upon execution of mail download

Hello Avrim, On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 02:06:09 -0500 GMT (13/06/2004, 14:06 +0700 GMT), achdut wrote: a> If I understand correctly, [...] Is this correct. Yes, perfectly. a> How do I delete the message on the server using TB's mail despatcher. a> And, just exactly, what IS TB's mail despatcher (disp

Re: Virus warning upon execution of mail download

27;t just scan the T> files but the POP3/MAPI data stream. So the AV kick into action T> even before the virus gets written to disk. Not in the above case, and then there wouldn't an a file name. T> So excluding the scanning directory won't help. T> A 'solution' co

Re[2]: Virus warning upon execution of mail download

F> you delete the message on serever using TB's mail despatcher, or turn TF> off your over-eager AV program. If I understand correctly, what happened is that when The Bat attempts to download e-mail, it is first downloaded to the Temp directory. If the message has a virus, then my AV so

Re[2]: Virus warning upon execution of mail download

depends on the AV but some programs don't just scan the files but the POP3/MAPI data stream. So the AV kick into action even before the virus gets written to disk. So excluding the scanning directory won't help. A 'solution' could be not to scan e-mail at all. The virus will jus

Re: Virus warning upon execution of mail download

Hello Avram, On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 23:48:46 -0500 GMT (13/06/2004, 11:48 +0700 GMT), achdut wrote: a> eTrust EZ Antivirus real-time protection has found that a> C:\DOCUME~1\AVRAM\LOCALS~1\Temp\bat653.tmp is HTML.ObjectDataHTA a> dropper You are trying to download a mail that has a virus

Re: What's the use of an Anti virus plug-in?

Hello Tony, On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 21:46:36 +0200 GMT (13/06/2004, 02:46 +0700 GMT), Tony wrote: T> What use is an Anti Virus (AV) plug-in? T> I think all decent AV tools sniff incoming/outgoing e-mail traffic T> automatically. T> So what benefit does a plug-in add? It quarantines bad

Virus warning upon execution of mail download

When I attempt to download e-mail, I get a virus warning that reads as follows: eTrust EZ Antivirus real-time protection has found that C:\DOCUME~1\AVRAM\LOCALS~1\Temp\bat653.tmp is HTML.ObjectDataHTA dropper I installed the MS patch for this virus and have run a scan of the pc. However, I

Re: What's the use of an Anti virus plug-in?

* Tony writes: > I think all decent AV tools sniff incoming/outgoing e-mail traffic > automatically. Which can cause trouble if it »protects« you from temporary files TB! creates when receiving mails. > So what benefit does a plug-in add? Think of encrypted email communication. Carsten -- _

Re: What's the use of an Anti virus plug-in?

Simon Fincham, [SF] wrote: > I believe Plugins come into there own if you are using a protocol > other than POP3 for your E-Mail. You may also be using POP3 but with encryption. Again, the usual POP3 scanners will not detect viruses over an ecrypted feed. The plugin helps there. -- -=[ Allie ]

Re[2]: What's the use of an Anti virus plug-in?

I meant to say *no* plugin MLW> I use NOD32 with TB! and I do not use a plugin, and EVERY virus that MLW> comes my way is caught. I have NEVER had problem. That's just what I wanted to hear! :) I'm very new to TB! and I was fearing that TB! might use 'something' that p

Re: What's the use of an Anti virus plug-in?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Tony, On Sat, 12 Jun 2004, at 21:46:36 [GMT+0200] (which was 12:46:36 In San Jose, CA, USA) you wrote: T> I'm currently using NOD32; and I think there is a plugin for it. I use NOD32 with TB! and I do not use a plugin, and EVE

What's the use of an Anti virus plug-in?

Dear Batologist, What use is an Anti Virus (AV) plug-in? I think all decent AV tools sniff incoming/outgoing e-mail traffic automatically. So what benefit does a plug-in add? I'm currently using NOD32; and I think there is a plugin for it. -- Best regards, Tony

Re[3]: WTB Kaspersky ani-Virus package

On Saturday, April 3, 2004, 2:36:16 AM, Mark Partous wrote: MP> You're sure you wrote this on April, 2nd, and not on April, 1st? :-) :-) There have been an even more interesting stuff on the Russian part of the Internet: Microsoft has announced that they have purchased Kaspersky Labs, so th

Re[2]: WTB Kaspersky ani-Virus package

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Gerard, Saturday, April 3, 2004, 7:59:51 AM GMT, you wrote: G> Kaspersky always was one of the first to catch new viri. This could be one G> explanation. 03 April 2004 08:18:23: On the same subject I have received the following E-mail from

Re: WTB Kaspersky ani-Virus package

ON Friday, April 2, 2004, 9:26:09 PM, you wrote: RG> Maybe you wait a bit until the situation with that company is clear RG> enought. Our media reported that Kaspersky himself was arrested RG> recently. Russian authorities want to investigate how was is possible RG> that Kaspersky AV

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