[Rhodes22-list] Mark ? about new virus ?

Tue Nov 9 09:55:39 EST 2004

Marc - The machine came with Norton for 90 days and
ran with no problems.  I switched to McAfee because
its free from my company, which probably has 100,000+
computers running it.

Mark - I don't recall the specific virus.

Herb - Part of the problem is that I ordered my IBM
X-40 without any drives.  I use it mostly for e-mail
on the road and wanted it as light as possible
(2.7lbs).  This experience has encouraged me to buy an
external cd-drive for back-ups and software
installation.

As a general rule, if I can't solve a computer problem
within 30 minutes, 2 scotch & water's, or five g*d
d***it's, I turn it over to my computer science wife
and go pout.

Brad Haslett
"CoraShen"

--- Marc Steiger <Marc.Steiger at dlptech.com> wrote:

> Rik-
> 
> It is our experience that Norton Anti-Virus runs
> very well, but not
> Norton System Works. We recommend the Corporate
> edition of Norton to
> most of our clients, and they rarely get a virus
> once the anti-virus
> program has been set up properly. The McAfee program
> gives us many more
> problems, but seems optimized for environments with
> over 100 users,
> where we don't do much.
> 
> I think if you limit yourself to the Ant-Virus
> program, and have it
> update itself automatically with new virus
> definitions at least nightly,
> you will do well.
> 
> Marc Steiger
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On
> Behalf Of Mark Kaynor
> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 12:11 PM
> To: 'The Rhodes 22 mail list'
> Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Mark ? about new virus
> ?
> 
> Rik,
> 
> I agree w/ Herb on this one. It's also been my
> experience that Norton
> Anti-Virus adds a lot of overhead. 
> 
> Another thing to consider is that, at some point
> during the virus
> removal
> process, something in your OS was damaged - it may
> not have even been a
> System Works issue. Do you recall what the infection
> was? 
> 
> Mark
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On
> Behalf Of Herb Parsons
> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 11:33 AM
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Mark ? about new virus
> ?
> 
> People tend to get carried away with Norton System
> Works, and routinely
> install everything. I recommend against this, as
> many, probably most, of
> the
> programs are not needed. Some can even be dangerous.
> I recommend their
> Anti-Virus to everyone, and the rest, stay away
> unless you know what
> you're
> doing.
> 
> >>> flybrad at yahoo.com 11/09/04 10:33 AM >>>
> Rhodies,
> 
> A few weeks ago when Bill and I were, uh, sharing
> thoughts, I picked up
> some
> nasty spyware/pest/virus/etc. that McCaffe, Spybot,
> and Ad-Aware
> couldn't
> eliminate.  On the recommendation of a co-worker, I
> downloaded Norton
> System
> Works which included the Norton anti-virus program
> (and disabled
> McCaffe).
> Norton "fixed" the problem but the System Works ate
> up a lot of memory
> and
> really slowed down the laptop.  A few days later, I
> ran some Norton
> programs
> and the system crashed.  After several attempts I
> got it to re-boot only
> to
> have it crash on another Norton program.  Finally it
> died because the
> operating system was corrupted.  IBM replaced the
> hard drive under
> warranty
> but I had to fork over the cash to reload Windows XP
> (the machine didn't
> come with the discs).  After some research on the
> net with my desktop,
> it
> seems that this is a re-occuring problem with
> Norton.  Has anyone on the
> list had this problem or do any of you computer
> gurus have an
> explanation? 
> Right now I'm kind of anti-Norton.
> 
> I'm back to McCaffe only and so far no problems. 
> Maybe it was just Bill!
> 
> Brad Haslett
> "CoraShen"
> --- ed kroposki <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:
> 
> > Ah, a new computer wizard.  Thank you, Ed K
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> > [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On
> Behalf Of Hank
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 8:08 AM
> > To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Mark ? about new
> virus ?
> > 
> > According to the Symantec (Norton Anti-virus)
> Website, this is a hoax.
> >  The Virus does not exist.
> > 
> > Hank
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 07:57:01 -0500, ed kroposki
> <ekroposki at charter.net>
> > wrote:
> > > 
> > > Mark,
> > >        I received this but wonder if it is new
> or
> > a replay of an old hoax.
> > > Ed K
> > > 
> > > A new virus has just been discovered that has
> been
> > classified
> > > By Microsoft as the most destructive ever. This
> > virus was discovered
> > > yesterday afternoon  by McAfee and no vaccine
> has
> > yet been developed.
> > > This virus simply estroys Sector Zero from the
> > hard disk, where vital
> > > information for its functioning are stored. 
> This
> > virus acts in the
> > > following manner:  It sends itself automatically
> > to all contacts on your
> > > list with the title:
> > >          "A Card for You".
> > > As soon as the supposed virtual card is opened
> the
> > computer freezes so
> > > that the user has to reboot. When the
> ctrl+alt+del
> > keys or the reset
> > > button are pressed, the virus destroys Sector
> > Zero, thus permanently
> > > destroying the  hard disk. Yesterday in just a
> few
> > hours this virus
> > > caused panic in New York, according to news
> > broadcast by CNN.
> > > This alert was received by an employee of
> > Microsoft itself.
> > > So don't open any mails with subject: "A Virtual
> > Card for You." As soon
> > > as you get the mail, delete it!! Even if you
> know
> > the
> > > sender !!
> > > 
> > >
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