[AT] OT virus warning

[Steve W.]

Yep. Go grab a copy of the Sygate Personal Firewall. Install it and it 
will show you EVERYTHING that is trying to connect and talk.

http://download.oldversion.com/sygate562808.exe

This is the last free version. Works pretty well at showing what is 
going on.



charlie hill wrote:
> Well after reading up on it a bit online (didn't find anything at Kim's 
> site) I don't believe I have it.  I opened the e-mail but didn't click the 
> retrieve card link inside the message.
> 
> On a similar note.  Is there any way to tell what programs and or traffic is 
> flowing into and out of a computer at any given moment.
> Sometimes my computer seems to be very slow and working very hard when I 
> don't have it doing anything.   I am paranoid about computer security so it 
> could be that all I have is an old computer.
> 
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at suddenlink.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 5:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT virus warning
> 
> 
>> H.L.  I think that virus might have gotten me.  I got a virus notification
>> from my ISP but I can't find it when I scan my system.
>> It must be a tough one because I have AVG and Zone Alarm both looking at
>> everything that comes into and leaves my computer.  I kept getting those
>> cards and kept deleting them unopened but I finally got curious and since
>> AVG said it was clean I opened one of them.
>>
>> Thanks for the heads up.  I'm going to Kim's site now to see what she says
>> about it.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "H. L. Staples" <hlstaples at mcloudteleco.com>
>> To: "Antique tractor" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 4:46 PM
>> Subject: [AT] OT virus warning
>>
>>
>> Greetings! You have a virus
>> Have you been receiving a lot of e-card notifications? I have. But these
>> weren't really sent by friends or family. They're spam messages that 
>> direct
>> you to a malicious Web site. Your computer will be infected by a virus. 
>> And
>> antivirus programs can't protect you from these messages.
>>
>> This warning came through from Kim Komando.  I have been receiving lots of
>> the so called greeting cards and hit the delete button ASAP.
>>
>> H. L. Staples
>> McLoud, Oklahoma
>> USA
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>>
>> -- 
>> No virus found in this incoming message.
>> Checked by AVG Free Edition.
>> Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.0/957 - Release Date: 8/16/2007
>> 1:46 PM
>>
>>
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>>
>> -- 
>> No virus found in this incoming message.
>> Checked by AVG Free Edition.
>> Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.0/957 - Release Date: 8/16/2007 
>> 1:46 PM
>>
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Steve W.
Near Cooperstown, New York
NRA Member
Pacifism - The theory that if they'd fed
Jeffrey Dahmer enough human flesh,
he'd have become a vegan.