Theos-Talk Archives (March 2003 Message tt00234)

Email attachments have been blocked on theos-talk for several years. This
has been to prevent the accidental spread of viruses. It often happens that
a virus forges email headers, perhaps going through an infected computer and
sending out messages to everyone in any address book it finds there. Because
of this, it's not always possible to know from where a virus has come, even
if the message says it's from this person or that mailing list.

I use Norton Antivirus 2003, which comes with Norton Systemworks 2003
Professional, an inexpensive package I'd recommend to anyone using Windows.
One advantage of it is that you don't have to specifically set it up to work
on each email program or account. It scans all incoming email traffic
regardless of which program it is going to, and captures viruses before
they're read in emails. And it also scans all outgoing email traffic
regardless of which program is sending the email, protecting against any
viruses unintentionally getting out from an infected computer.

-- Eldon

-----Original Message-----
From: samblo@cs.com [mailto:samblo@cs.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 1:56 PM
To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Theos-World Re: virus warning

Dallas and all,
Needless to say especially in these days and times installation of a 
Professional
Anti-virus Program is absolutely critical to help keep oneself secure 
and safe from
malicious attacks of Viruses, worms, Trojan Horses and a variety of 
other new 
means that are endemic today. additionally I most vigorously encourage

all the Anti- Virus Program is insufficient in today's world and one
should 
as soon as possible
install a personal Firewall to complement your existing Ant-Virus 
Program. I have 
several times int the recent months noticed activity when opening 
e-mail on this Group List that my Firewall actively and repeatedly is 
blocking "unused port blocking has blocked communication." It identified
the 
IP Address. Additionally set your 
Browser Security Setting to highest level and keep it there. Use full 
maximum
allowed string length for your Passwords. Be always observant to notice

"attachments" with e-mail and never open unless you know the sender and also
have previous knowledge that they intended to send an attachment to you,

if
necessary query the sender to confirm validity before opening any 
attachment.
There is a lot of activity that happened in the background while each 
of us is on 
the Internet however none are aware of it unless you install a 
Firewall that can 
detail the second to second activity and attempts to penetrate user 
systems. Today
we are in the opening period of "Cyber-Warfare" my advise is "Be 
Prepared."

John

      

 

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