Re: [gardeners] virus
George Shirley (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Fri, 02 Mar 2001 19:40:58 -0600
Thanks. The voice of experience is very valuable.
George
Terry King wrote:
>
> Your setup should be fine. That's a little fast than this computer I'm on
> and this one does just fine. The older laptop I used to use locked up with
> ZoneAlarm. This one doesn't.
>
> Terry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardeners@globalgarden.com
> [mailto:owner-gardeners@globalgarden.com]On Behalf Of George Shirley
> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 9:19 AM
> To: gardeners@globalgarden.com
> Subject: Re: [gardeners] virus
>
> I haven't set it up yet, just downloaded it. How much resources does it
> take?
> I've got a PIII chip at 770Mhz with a 30 gig HD and 128meg of RAM, will that
> do
> it? I've also been looking at Black Ice but it costs bux.
>
> George
>
> Terry King wrote:
> >
> > I've been using ZoneAlarm and it does work well as long as you have enough
> > system resources.
> >
> > Terry
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardeners@globalgarden.com
> > [mailto:owner-gardeners@globalgarden.com]On Behalf Of George Shirley
> > Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 5:41 AM
> > To: gardeners@globalgarden.com
> > Subject: Re: [gardeners] virus
> >
> > I'm in the process of preparing for DSL service from Ma Bell. Hook up date
> > is
> > May 23rd and I'm going to download ZoneAlarm as my firewall. Couple of
> > advantages to it, 1) it's free (big plus), 2) it works well according to
> > folks I
> > know who use it. I'm leery of attachments even from people I know due to
> the
> > way
> > some worms and viruses appear to be from someone you know but actually
> have
> > invaded their address book. Norton seems to catch them all at this time. I
> > was
> > reading email last night when Norton went to their site and updated
> itself,
> > I
> > like that.
> >
> > George
> >
> > Shantihhh@aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > > << It may well be someone on Gardeners and it would be wise for all
> > members to
> > > check their "out" box and see if sexyfun@hahaha has been sending
> messages
> > from
> > > your computer. If so you are infected and need to run antiviral software
> > to
> > > clean it up. Anyone else getting this thing?
> > >
> > > George >>
> > >
> > > Thank goodness I have a Mac and Norton anti-virus. AND I don't open
> > > attachments unless I know who they are from. I have a great firewall as
> > > well. You just can't be too careful. My hubby is in software and their
> > IT
> > > department unknowingly passed a virus to 24 of their PC's. OUCH!
> > >
> > > Mary-Anne
> > > San Francisco Bay Area
> > > 25 miles East of SF
> > > USDA Zone 9b
> > > Sunset Zone 14/15