No longer 100% correct...
Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 11:46 am
Posted by Kianne
(1 messages posted)
The advice given is certainly useful but no longer entirely accurate.
There are security holes in programs such as MS Outlook that allow
viruses to run even if the attachment is never opened. Thus here is the
list I would use:
1) Don't use Outlook...or at the very least, make sure to download and
apply security patches immediately as they are released.
2) Don't open attachments--even attachments that come from friends
unless you know the friend intended to send it to you. A good idea
is to mail back and ask the friend about the attachment first.
3) Back up early, back up often.
4) Don't use the MS Address Book. Keep your addresses in another place,
such as a plain text file. (This will prevent you from spreading most
viruses even if you infect yourself.)
5) If you're really worried, keep an anti-virus program around. Just make
sure to keep its virus definitions up to date or it's useless.
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What advice you talking about???!! (nt)
Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 1:51 pm
Posted by Ms. Eagle
(32272 messages posted)
On Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 11:46 am, Kianne wrote:
>The advice given is certainly useful but no longer entirely accurate.
>There are security holes in programs such as MS Outlook that allow
>viruses to run even if the attachment is never opened. Thus here is the
>list I would use:
>
>1) Don't use Outlook...or at the very least, make sure to download and
> apply security patches immediately as they are released.
>2) Don't open attachments--even attachments that come from friends
> unless you know the friend intended to send it to you. A good idea
> is to mail back and ask the friend about the attachment first.
>3) Back up early, back up often.
>4) Don't use the MS Address Book. Keep your addresses in another place,
> such as a plain text file. (This will prevent you from spreading most
> viruses even if you infect yourself.)
>5) If you're really worried, keep an anti-virus program around. Just make
> sure to keep its virus definitions up to date or it's useless.
>
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