Viruses

Big Bear · Post by **Big Bear** » 2001 Feb 03, 02:13

Has anyones system been detecting alot of worm type viruses in the past few weeks, or is it just me.

I've been getting 2 to 3 per week!

Sal · Post by **Sal** » 2001 Feb 03, 04:16

I would get calls from people thinking they had a virus because of the way that their system was acting. Computer system that is.. lol Anyway, all I would find was an adjustment that needed to be made. Not anymore. This last year I ran into many viruses. The virus problem is very bad and getting worse all the time. I hate to say it but anyone that uses the Net needs to have virus protection software. The good news is, I found a deal on McAfee software for &#367.59. It is a download from buy.com. The address is http://www.us.buy.com/retail....oc=9311
Price and link was good at the time that this was posted. I hope that helps. :)

Big Bear · Post by **Big Bear** » 2001 Feb 03, 18:19

I personaly use Norton 2000.

Every once in a while things hang up when receiving E-mail. (The little computer icon doesn't blink) If I check the status, it may say receiving message 3 of 10. I would contact my server and question who message 3 was from, then have them delete it.

I did find another way around the problem. Temporarily turn off the E-mail protection, then once all the messages have been received, delete the message in question.

I have also found another potential problem. People with Webtv, apparently don't have any kind of protection and they just spread the viruses around.

Sal · Post by **Sal** » 2001 Feb 07, 22:39

There sure are a lot of problems and it keeps getting worse. Anyone that wants to keep their data intact and not have a repair bill to boot needs a virus protection program. I think that both Norton and McAfee are good. I have run into more systems that have program conflicts with Norton than McAfee but there is usually a work around. Either of the two is a lot better than nothing. LOL

pa sweetie · Post by **pa sweetie** » 2001 Feb 08, 16:05

thanks sal, gonna check out that program, the price is right. :)

susie · Post by **susie** » 2001 Feb 09, 23:59

I just bought that program myself and plan to keep it updated. I have cousins in Md who had to take their 'puter' to the 'puter doctor' because it had a virus. It wasn't covered under their health insurance(LOL) and cost them about &#36100.00 to get it fixed plus the time they had to put into it to restore lost data. It really made me think how easy it would be to get a virus!!

Sup · Post by **Sup** » 2001 Feb 10, 02:20

That is a good point Susie. Remember to keep it updated. There are new viruses everyday. If the program is not updated it won’t do any good against new viruses. :)

susie · Post by **susie** » 2001 Feb 10, 23:48

Don't you wish we could buy a program that would keep 'us' from getting viruses. :biggrin:

pa sweetie · Post by **pa sweetie** » 2001 Feb 17, 18:37

wow susie, what a great idea. someday maybe :)
that is the reason I use hotmail, they have a macafee program in it, so each time you open an attatchment in email it scans it for viruses first, and it is free. :cheesy:

pa sweetie · Post by **pa sweetie** » 2001 Feb 17, 18:39

Oh btw Sal, visited the site, and they said it was no longer available at buy.com. :( Have any other good buys on virus programs you can share please :)

Sal · Post by **Sal** » 2001 Feb 17, 19:22

It is still there if you click on the virus link it shows all of them. The new link is http://www.us.buy.com/retail/product.as ... 1&loc=9311
The bad news is that it is now &#3617.69. Still cheaper than retail but not as good as the original price. Why did you wait? There may be better deals around. Just have to shop around.

pa sweetie · Post by **pa sweetie** » 2001 Feb 19, 12:48

Cause I'm a procrastinator that's why. Thanks again, I will check it out. :)

Sal · Post by **Sal** » 2001 Mar 04, 00:12

Free Antivirus Program!!

For those of you that do not want to spend twenty to forty dollars for virus protection, this one is free. They also provide software and virus signature updates free! Remember to update the virus signature at least once a week.
Here is the link. http://antivirus.cai.com/
Don't forget to come back and tell us what you think of it. :)

Sal · Post by **Sal** » 2001 Mar 27, 20:12

Another Free Antivirus Program!!

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Resource protection

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