[AT] OT virus warning
David Bruce
davidbruce at yadtel.net
Sat Aug 18 05:40:11 PDT 2007
As was mentioned a bit earlier - run an on line scan with Trend Micro's
Housecall. It's my double check against the AVAST antivirus I use.
I also run Zone Alarm along with the AVAST. I'm sort of anal about
programs that "phone home" so unless they actually need to be in contact
(very few) I deny them access to the web. Could that be another issue?
For the life of me I don't understand what the advantage is to me for
mouse driver software to have web access (for example).
David
NW NC
charlie hill wrote:
> 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
>
>
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