[Woodcarver] "Price" virus

[Byron]

At 07:17 AM 9/10/04, you wrote:

>our    provider  doen't even let us get  attachments  & I like that

I'm not sure paranoia is the answer either. Computer viruses are not the 
worst thing that can happen. I dealt with a number of them. A good 
antivirus program, and using it are probably the best defense. In this 
case, I took one look, thought virus, had McAfee scan the attachment and 
take care of the virus. By eliminating attachments all you've done is 
eliminate attachments. Viruses can be embedded in the text of an e-mail 
just as easily as in a attachment. I've seen viruses come from web sites, 
embedded in e-mail, embedded in attachments, and through the back door via 
live chat. I had a passed from one my machines to another via my LAN. In 
all but one case either Norton or McAfee caught and dealt with it without 
my intervention. In the one case I had to get an antidote from McAfee to 
clean it out.

In my opinion, Spy ware is worse than viruses. Antispy ware software is 
improving and soon, I hope, it will stop that stuff too.