[AT] OT virus warning

[Steve W.]

Another thing for you. Your on a cable modem IIRC. Go and buy a cheap 
router and set it up. That will give you a hardware firewall that will 
shut down most crud before it can get to you.

charlie hill wrote:
> Thanks Steve.  I'll try it.
> 
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve W." <falcon at telenet.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 7:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT virus warning
> 
> 
>> 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.
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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.