[FADCA] VIRUS PROTECTION

Sun, 21 Apr 2002 08:53:34 -0400

Thank God I run LINUX on my home computers.
Having to go throught that twice (I have to deal with
the virus thing at work) would be too much. Big thing
with LINUX is just to keep up with any security patches.

This machine is a office machine but it talks to the
network over a VPN, and so gets updated virus wise over
the VPN, but keeping up with the updates is a royal pain,
but the results if you do not and you are running a windows
network is a even greater royal pain.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: n4xeo [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 10:45 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [FADCA] VIRUS PROTECTION
> 
> 
> Hi All
> 
> I just wanted to send this message out to the list to again 
> let you know 
> how IMPORTANT it is to keep your virus software up to date. I 
> have been 
> working on all of my network computers since Wendsday because 
> we got TWO 
> viruses that went undetected. Barbara does a update EVERY 
> morning first 
> thing before she downloads any mail and she did the same 
> thing on this day. 
> There are 2 VERY NASTY viruses that are going around right 
> now. I don't 
> remember the name of them(even though I should) but you can 
> see them and 
> what they do if you go to the Symatec web page 
> www.symantec.com and just 
> look at the 2 latest viruses that are out.
> 
> We got the viruses even though the system WAS updated!!
> 
> It looks like we were one of the FIRST to get them as we got 
> them a day or 
> two before the fix.
> 
> I CAN'T STRESS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO KEEP YOUR SOFTWARE UP TO DATE!!
> 
> I wound up with 3 computers that it was just easier to format 
> and reinstall 
> everything on them after getting them cleaned up. I was able 
> to save all of 
> my data I thing so that was a help.
> 
> Well enough for now and hope to see a bunch of you on the 4th in 
> Tallahassee for the digital meeting.
> 
> Yes Bud the winlink software is gone. :-(((
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 73, Bill N4XEO
> 
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