[Ham-Computers] Obtaining Suspicious File Size

Mon, 1 Apr 2002 23:18:27 -0600

Duane, I would concur with George!  I use both in addition to the NAT
firewall in my router, so I sit behind 2 strong firewalls, both with
antivirus deflectors.  That in addition to my Norton Antivirus 2002.

73's,
Elden

----- Original Message -----
From: "George, W5YR" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Obtaining Suspicious File Size

> Duane,
>
> Let me strongly urge you to install Norton Anti-Virus 2002 as well as the
> Zone Alarm program. Between the two, you are about as safe as you are
going
> to be without going to extremes. I have never had a virus-containing
> program get past Norton, and Zone Alarm has detected and deflected
probably
> over 100 intrusion attempts.
>
> I think you did the right thing by trashing the mystery files. I never,
> ever, open an attachment even after Norton clears it unless I know the
> source and trust it. And I pay no attention whatsoever to file sizes - I
> just delete any unknown or suspicious file regardless of its size.
>
> 73/72/oo, George W5YR - the Yellow Rose of Texas
> Fairview, TX 30 mi NE of Dallas in Collin county EM13qe
> Amateur Radio W5YR, in the 56th year and it just keeps getting better!
> QRP-L 1373 NETXQRP 6 SOC 262 COG 8 FPQRP 404 TEN-X 11771 I-LINK 11735
> Icom IC-756PRO #02121  Kachina 505 DSP  #91900556  Icom IC-765 #02437
>
> All outgoing email virus-checked by Norton Anti-Virus 2002
>
>
> "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I have received several files from parties unknown to me, supposedly
seeking
> > tech help with a Hallicrafters, with attachments. Because of the name
"Fred
> > Sandford" and because the person was so vague about the receiver that
there was
> > no way anyone could help him, I killed the posts.
> >
> > My question: is there some 'safe' way to check the file size on such a
post
> > without being infected by a virus?
> >
> > For whatever the reason, the Mcafee software does not check incoming
mail
> > attachments for a virus. The software says it is, but it does not do it.
Never
> > have figured this out and gave up with tech unsupport at Mcafee.
>
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