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Question about 'How do I protect myself against email viruses (such as worms)?'
Tuesday, October 23, 2001 at 6:27 am
Posted by Hubert Romatzki (1 messages posted)

I have a question about How do I protect myself against email viruses (such as worms)?:

hallo there, the experts who might help me: i got a virus report as follows: C:/WINDOWS/TEMP/eicar.com Virus: Eicar_test_file virus could not be deleted canu pls assist me and help to kill this virus?? thks vm your kind coop asap bregards h. romatzkj- england seacloud@btinternet.com

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re: Question about 'How do I protect myself against email viruses (such as worms)?'
Tuesday, October 23, 2001 at 8:45 am
Posted by Ian Boys (47 messages posted)

Buy Norton or Macafee or such. I like Norton 'cos it explicitly checks e-mail in and out of your PC

On Tuesday, October 23, 2001 at 6:27 am, Hubert Romatzki wrote:
>I have a question about How
>do I protect myself against email viruses (such as worms)?:

>hallo there, the experts who might help me:
>
>i got a virus report as follows:
>
>C:/WINDOWS/TEMP/eicar.com
>
>Virus: Eicar_test_file
>
>virus could not be deleted
>
>canu pls assist me and help to kill this virus??
>
>thks vm your kind coop asap
>
>bregards
>h. romatzkj- england
>
>seacloud@btinternet.com

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re: Question about 'How do I protect myself against email viruses (such as worms)?'
Tuesday, October 23, 2001 at 10:45 am
Posted by Flora (9 messages posted)

Have you tried to rename the file? And then deleteing it? Cheerful

On Tuesday, October 23, 2001 at 8:45 am, Ian Boys wrote:
>Buy Norton or Macafee or such. I like Norton 'cos it explicitly checks e-mail in
>and out of your PC
>
>

>On Tuesday, October 23, 2001 at 6:27 am, Hubert Romatzki wrote:
>I have a question about How
>do I protect myself against email viruses (such as worms)?:

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re: Question about 'How do I protect myself against email viruses (such as worms)?'
Tuesday, October 23, 2001 at 11:42 am
Posted by Dan S. (311 messages posted)

That is a Virus *TEST* file (to check your Virus program/s) I got mine at McAfee a long time age to check Virus programs. Beats me how you got it, but check out the link below; http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:xsgj2xem2Jk:www.eicar.org/+&hl=en

On Tuesday, October 23, 2001 at 6:27 am, Hubert Romatzki wrote:
>I have a question about How
>do I protect myself against email viruses (such as worms)?:

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re: Question about 'How do I protect myself against email viruses (such as worms)?'
Friday, December 27, 2002 at 2:28 am
Posted by Rolf Rattay, Polen (1 messages posted)

Guten Tag Hubert, Ich kann Dir bei Deinem Virus im System nicht helfen. Ich wünsche Dir alles Gute zu Weihnachten und ein schönes neues Jahr, vor allem Gesundheit. Ich hoffe es geht Dir gut, mir geht es jetzt auch viel besser als in den letzten Jahren, wo ich psychisch sehr angekratzt war. Rolf

On Tuesday, October 23, 2001 at 8:45 am, Ian Boys wrote:
>Buy Norton or Macafee or such. I like Norton 'cos it explicitly checks e-mail in
>and out of your PC
>

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re: Question about 'How do I protect myself against email viruses (such as worms)?'
Sunday, July 27, 2003 at 12:09 am
Posted by Huw (1 messages posted)

Run Linux! Huw

On Tuesday, October 23, 2001 at 6:27 am, Hubert Romatzki wrote:
>I have a question about How
>do I protect myself against email viruses (such as worms)?:

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re: Question about 'How do I protect myself against email viruses (such as worms)?'
Wednesday, February 4, 2004 at 7:49 am
Posted by Xyloc (23 messages posted)

Dear Ian, Here's a cheap solution to make it much more difficult for worms to enter your computer: ¬Get a mail client that does not run script automatically. Mozilla E-mail is a good example and it's free. Outlook Express and Outlook run all scripts automatically. There may be patches for them, but I don't know how secure they are. Remember that a preview of a document might run the scripts inside. Norton Antivirus 2003/4 provides email scanning regardless of the Mail Client you are using and can therefore be recommended. Regards, Xyloc

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re: Question about 'How do I protect myself against email viruses (such as worms)?'
Sunday, April 4, 2004 at 1:55 pm
Posted by johnny14 (6 messages posted)

Get yourself a good anti-spam software. try Mailwasher Pro from www.firebreach.com. Try it free for 30 days, and purchase it if you decide to keep it. It is effective in keeping spam and viruses from intruding your e-mail accounts.

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