Computer Viruses---Does Everyone Have An Antivirus Program?

July 11, 2004

I'm asking now if EVERYone here has an antivirus program. The reason I'm asking is because I'm getting drowned in viruses from the Netsky group. This is ridiculous. I can't even finish typing out this message for getting hundreds of copies a day of these viruses. I have the Norton, but several days ago, it took out my Outbox on Outlook Express. I'm getting Spam that I've never had before. I have SpyBot, but it isn't doing ANY good. I'm sick and tired of these viruses, and I can't figure out where they're all coming from, unless someone here is infected with a virus. Mine isn't, but I can't even get a message typed out all the way without the things interrupting what I'm doing.

July 13, 2004

I still have Norton System Works, and I have bought the virus upgrades for

the last two yrs. I have the fixtool for the W32Netskies, all of them. It

has not found it on my system, and I go in and check constantly, even with

the virus scan running constantly anyway. I clean out my system frequently,

though I don't have a whole lot of expetise in that field. The Norton does

a lot of that for you, plus the manual scans and cleanouts. Mine, though,

is the Norton 2002 System Works. The virus did, somehow, make it into the

Outbox, so that's why I was worried if it sent to someone else. The

Netskies are worms. I'm just getting so frustrated at constantly getting

these things. I had the MyDoom virus last yr, got the directions for

removing it, and did this myself. Some of these things, if you can follow

directions, you can remove yourself. I just always get a little nervous,

when I've got to go in and fool around with the Registry keys. If you make

one little mistake, you can blow something out of your system that you need.

Re: Computer Viruses---Does Everyone Have An

Antivirus Program?

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> I haven't be on the internet most of the weekend, but to download

> messages.

>

> But at home I have Norton Internet Security 2004(firewall and virus

> protection) and at work we have Norton antivirus. Do you think you

> may have been attacked with a trojan. From what I've heard from my

> computer geek friend, Anything below Norton 2004 won't detact most

> trojans. So at home on the main computer (the server) that is what

> we have and then on the others we just have Norton 2003 and I upgrade

> every year. I don't know about McAffee or others.

>

> At work they just upgrade 2003 every year. I tried talking them into

> getting the whole package, but they have this guy they use alot and

> they take his word for everything - he says it's not needed - he's a

> bonehead in my opinion. He also says incremental backups are fine

> and complete daily backups aren't needed. With accounting you need

> complete backups if your system crashes. But even though I am the

> acctg manager they take his work not mine, but in the system crashes -

> we won't be able to restore anything. Then they will see whos

> right. Oh well.........Accounting files are not like word documents.

>

> Janie

July 13, 2004