Klarinet Archive - Posting 000814.txt from 2000/12

From: Audrey Travis <vsofan@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] weird mail
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 21:34:35 -0500

Thanks, Mark. I certainly will take your advice!

Audrey

Mark Charette wrote:

> From: "Audrey Travis" <vsofan@-----.com>
> > Ian - that is exactly the message or email address sent to me. Thank
> goodness I did not open the
> > attachnemt! Now, as asked previosly, how do I stop these messages or
> build a *firewall*?
>
> Audrey,
> Other than _never_ opening attachments when you're not expecting any (even
> from friends, since many times virus & worm programs "hijack" a computer and
> use the address book to send emails) there are a few precautions for a home
> user to take:
>
> 1) Buy _and regularly update_ an anti-virus program for your computer, even
> a Mac. Set it up to check your email before you read it. (right, Roger G. ?
> :^)
> 2) Ask your ISP to filter mail for you (they may or may not be able to do
> so, though)
> 3) Use a non-Windows machine to read your mail (Macs have a few worms &
> virii out there, but much fewer than Windows.) This is not a comment on
> whether or not Windows is a good environment; rather, if I were an evil
> hacker, I'd go for the most bang for the buck and ease of programming.
> 4) Use a public or commercial site that does the filtering for you (but
> beware - I find that most of the time they're pretty lax in getting the
> latest filter updates installed).
> 5) Give up on email :^)
>
> Mark C.
>
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