Re: MyDoom etc.

From: Wood Co (Really_at_not.com)
Date: 02/02/04 

Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 04:09:18 GMT

Jimmy

I manage a mix windows 2000 network with susE (Midway migration) and can
tell you that one of the reasons I do the migration is the virus attacks.
As far as viruses; Outlook 2000/XP is based on VBA, which is the target for
viruses. Outlook express is rarely attacked by viruses, Eudora is not! The
best virus scanner to my opinion is the free one, from http:/
www.grisoft.com. We have about 3 different technologies on our network,
they all work well, but man, the time we spend on this ***! This last
weekend we captures 12,154 viruses. Un f....n believable. My advice to you:
Try not to boot top Windows at all :-)

Jimmy Montague wrote:

> Hey people:
>
> I know this isn't a windoze help site and I'm not asking for help. I just
> want a super-geek answer to a simple question about the worms that plague
> windoze users. I'm dual-booting SuSE 8.2 and Win2k, and I want to make
> myself "bullet proof."
>
> So, my question: Would it help my windoze security if I quit using
> Outlook/Outlook Express and Internet Exploder? What if I install and use,
> say, Eudora Pro and Mozilla? Or just Mozilla? And use them through a
> firewall like ZoneAlarm? Will that keep the worms out of my system?
>
> Thanks for your input.
> 

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