Re: Firewalls?
- From: "Phil Weldon" <notdiscosed@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 05:08:18 GMT
'Heather' wrote, in part:
| I just make sure I do NOT have it check incoming mail. What a pain that
| is. You don't need to if you use *safe hex* and for instance, direct
| all attachment emails to their separate folder.
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Many ISPs are now scanning incoming and outgoing email for infections, out
of self defense. I haven't had an infected email in more than a year,
whereas in the time of 'Swen' a few years ago I received a peak of 2000
infected emails per day to a single email address (same ISP.) Check to make
sure your ISP is doing the same; it is the best of all first line of
defense, and very cost effective for the ISP as it can greatly reduce
bandwidth costs.
My second line of defense is 'Magic Mail Monitor', a pop3 mail inspector
that downloads just email headers, allowing me to delete spam and suspicious
email directly from the pop3 server or to view such in text only mode.
Filters can be set up for 'Magic Mail Monitor', but I really don't find that
necessary. 'Magic Mail Monitor' is free.
Phil Weldon
"Heather" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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|
| "Vi" <baseballfan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| news:PbWdnU0w1LvF7bzbnZ2dnUVZ_hisnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| >
| > "Heather" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message to Ant, the Ancient
| > Mariner or Englishman or some such....
|
| > news:evr33n$r08$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| >> No, I looked at it and I had meant to say POS......but figured
| >> PO...Cr*p would do. My version of that acronym.
| >>
| >> Cheers......Heather
| >
| > I took it to mean what you meant <g>..... and thanks for making me
| > feel better about my questions and also the fact that my Windows
| > Firewall seems to be doing a fine job since I enabled it after
| > removing the Norton Firewall. As for Norton's AntiVirus.... maybe
| > it's because I'm used to it and all I have to do is just turn it on
| > and it seems to do it's job without bothering me. I have the
| > automatic updates enabled and I program the weekly or semi weekly
| > scans and that is all I am involved in. I was going to try out one of
| > the suggestions made , especially the free software because Norton is
| > pricey but I found Norton 2007 antivirus for $19.95 on line and figure
| > I will stay with it since so far, it is doing OK.... If it messes up,
| > I will definitely try one of the ones mentioned earlier. Some of the
| > ones that were suggested however just seemed too much for someone like
| > me, and the way I use my computer.... By the way, what I happen to
| > think is a POC or a POS is McAfee.
| > ..... thanks again..... Vi (Violet to Heather).
|
| You got that one right!!!! A friend of mine bought a Dell laptop and
| the first thing I said to her was DO NOT USE THAT ***** McAFEE!! Even
| unused, it took her a while to get it off her machine.
|
| I happily use EZ Trust from CA and I understand AVG and Avast are
| supposed to be good, but I have used this one since Ant was a pup (eons,
| in other words, evil grin). It was a freebie back then too (InoculateIT
| PE).
|
| I just make sure I do NOT have it check incoming mail. What a pain that
| is. You don't need to if you use *safe hex* and for instance, direct
| all attachment emails to their separate folder.
|
| Cheers Vi.......Heather (and Norton is not the best at catching all
| viruses, btw).
|
|
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