Klarinet Archive - Posting 000852.txt from 2003/07

From: "Kevin Fay" <kevinfay.home@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] E-mails with viruses
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 23:48:13 -0400

Nancy wrote:
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> This is probably a dumb question, but how often should one update =
their
> virus checker? I have been doing it daily because i get 200-300
> e-mails/day. Am I over-doing it?
>
> Nancy

This depends on where you are (not geographically, but on the web). If =
you
have high-speed internet access, you should download more often - being =
fast
won't necessarily get you more viruses, but will surely increase the =
rate
you can infect others. =20

I work at a company that is, for better or worse, ground zero for
hacker/virus attack. (That would be Microsoft). Our tech guys do a
terrific job keeping us safe, but with 50,000 employees all hooked into =
a
Really Big Pipe, occasionally bad stuff will get through.

There is an icon in my system tray (the little collection of stuff in =
the
lower right hand corner of your Windows screen) that signals when new =
virus
signatures are being downloaded. Some days it animates every hour or =
so.
If we desire to hook into the corporate network from home, we're =
required to
have the same burly anti-virus stuff on the home machine. Thankfully, =
I've
never had a problem.

kjf

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