Computer security - WAS RE: [Rhodes22-list] End ZEDO

[Jim Connolly]

FWIW, I work for the Army and they use Mcafee.

Jim Connolly

On Sunday, June 22, 2003 10:36 AM, Bill Berner [SMTP:bberner at optonline.net] wrote:
> Ed Et. Al -
> 
> How good, in your experience, is Norton?  I only run Norton and whatever
> bloat ware Microsoft is continually updating outlook ad explorer with.
> 
> My mail is checked on the way in, and the drives are all scanned
> periodically as well.  I update virus definitions regularly
> 
> I have a wireless network with a linksys WAP/Router that has some sort of
> built in firewall.  I do not use any encryption.
> 
> It is EXTREMELY rare that  Norton ever strips anything or alerts me of any
> sort of problem, and the scans always come up totally clean.
> 
> But I don't trust it.  At times the computer acts squirrelly (sp?).  Just
> the other day no Email messages would display if written in plain text.
> Once machine was shut down and restarted, all was fine.  I've had problems
> with other software that required me to uninstall, remove all references in
> Regedit and reinstall to correct.
> 
> Last night working late, I found the computer uploading and downloading
> packets like crazy, for no reason I'm aware of.  I disabled the network
> connection to stop it.
> 
> I am being paranoid, or is my security regimen to light weight for the new
> millennium?  Recently, for the first time I put a user password on the
> computer to try to keep out prying networked eyes.  Now, I think I'll start
> by enabling WEP.
> 
> Thoughts and opinions from all would be appreciated.  Or should I call the
> defense dept?
> 
> 
> 
> Bill Berner
> 191 South Broadway
> Hastings on Hudson, NY  10706
>  
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> e BBerner at optonline.net
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Kroposki
> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 9:34 AM
> To: 'The Rhodes 22 mail list'
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] End ZEDO
> 
> Michael, Dennis,
> 	On this computer I use McAfee, Spam filter, Pest Patrol, Spybot,
> plus the built in filters of Microsoft.  So a lot of stuff gets
> stripped.  I wasn't worried about getting anything, just wanted some
> input what was going on, some feedback.
> 	On my other computer I trying Norton as the anti virus and just
> spybot.  I cannot have some of the filters active because they cause
> problems with tying into 'University' software that my wife needs to
> communicate with students.  But they have some hot shot people keeping
> their network clean.  We keep getting messages that an email was
> stripped because it may have been carrying a bug.
>                                   Ed K
> 
> 
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