[PaQSO] Viruses

[John Myers]

Good advice, Jim. 

As for me, My home computer is protected with Norton
AV & Zone-Alarm. I also run virus & adware scans
weekly. 

At work, It's pretty much the same, except I went with
E-Z AV. 

Of course, I realize that the stuff I've been
receiving is not coming form the list, but most likely
from an infected computer owned by someone on the
list. 

John, KD8MQ 

--- Jim <jss167 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> In addition to the virus software which was
> mentioned,
> there are other things you can do.  I never keep
> people’s email addresses stored in any mail program,
> I
> have them separately, so that way no program can
> raid
> my address book.  Also, Windows seems to be targeted
> almost exclusively, since it is the predominant
> operating system.  You may wish to consider other
> operating systems, such as Linspire.  These are less
> prone to the attacks, since virus authors and
> hackers
> really don’t want to bother with more obscure OS
> formats.  There are also many other advantages too. 
> The only drawback is that certain modems will not
> work, so you must wiggle around that issue if using
> dialup.  This OS can be installed on a regular PC. 
> There are actually around 150 operating systems,
> according to what I have come across.  Many good
> choices to play around with.
> 
> Oh yes, make sure you have a good firewall too.  The
> virus gurus are getting more slick.  The days of
> opening attachments getting viruses are behind us. 
> The new troublemakers are more sinister.  
> 
> Hope this helps.  People are always warned of the
> risks involved with computers, but since viruses
> keep
> making the rounds, I guess they don’t listen?  I’ve
> never had one.
> 
> Jim
> N3PBH
> 
> 
> 
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