Klarinet Archive - Posting 000879.txt from 2000/12

From: "Ian Black" <clarinet1@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Viruses [Was:Re: [kl] weird mail]
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 17:03:26 -0500

----- Original Message -----
From: Audrey Travis <vsofan@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] Viruses [Was:Re: [kl] weird mail]

> Thank you very much, Ian! Is Norton Personal Firewall an upscale version of Norton Antivirus?
What
> are the differences? I have an iMac. Is one better than the other for Macs? Next, I do not
> understand what an email *client* is. Please explain.
>
> Cheers and thanks!
> Audrey
>

Audrey,

I suspect that Mark is your man for answers on some of the questions. I know _nothing_ about Macs,
having only ever used PCs. I'll answer what I can.

I only know of Norton Personal Firewall by name, and know little about it. http://www.symantec.com
is the company, where you should be able to get all the information you need about their products.
Remember you'd need the Macintosh versions.

I suspect that this virus would not have harmed your Mac. Most viruses tend to target PCs, and don't
have any effect on Macs. ***Of course, this shouldn't be used as an excuse not to have
protection...***

Sorry - force of habit in referring to an email client. It just means the front-end program you use
to read/send emails. It's to do with data being held on a server and being accessed through an
intermediary program rather than directly.

Cheers

Ian

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