[AT] OT virus warning

[charlie hill]

David,  that is one clue I've been looking at.  The light on my cable modem 
that signals traffic seems busy all the time.  Not just recently but for a 
long time.  There are times that I was as sure as sure can be that my system 
was clean but still that light  flashes.

I run a lot of security measures and feel like my system is safe and secure 
but still that light flashes and a few months ago I did get a worm.  It took 
me days to get rid of it and it didn't always show up on virus checks.  AVG 
checks my system every night but I still have this nagging feeling that 
something ain't right.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Bruce" <davidbruce at yadtel.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT virus warning


> Charlie,
> One thing I do is to look at the lights on my dsl modem.  If there is
> activity that I don't expect I look further - most viruses, etc want to
> "phone home" so I use that as a tip off that something is amiss.
> I have my antivirus set to scan mid day and during that time the
> computer response is slow.
> Both my ISP and my Gmail account are really good at filtering out the
> ecard virus crap.
> Just my experiences - hope the ideas help.
> David
> NW NC
>
> 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
>>
>>
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> Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.0/957 - Release Date: 8/16/2007 
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