Re: answerworks won't go away, and I have another virus already!

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Date: 07/15/05


Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 04:00:13 GMT

Rich Grise wrote:
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> On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 23:00:07 +0000, SEND NO SPAM wrote:
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>>Does any of this have anything to do with this News Group
>>comp.os.linux.networking ???
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>
> Yes.
>
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>>If so ASK an understandable question
>>but by all means learn how to post to newsgroups.
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> Is there a freeware firewall that will prevent viri, trojans,
> spamware, and all that from installing themselves on a half-
> dozen Windows 2000 workstations on a simple Samba share?
>

A firewall limits connections thru it. viruses/spyware are
piggybacked to traffic allowed into a machine .. Not really
a related issue

They are Rarely a LINUX problem .. Usually open holes in WINBLOWS allow
viruses/spyware to take hold

> IOW, It'd do the firewall in lieu of masquerading from
> [public ip] to [10.0.0.*].
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> "Server" name ops, currently serving up www.abiengr.com,
> and serving Samba shares to the 10.0.0.* LAN.

What does a file server ... SAMBA have to do with viruses/spyware ???

>
> Thanks!
> Rich
>

Sorry I can't get a clue What you are asking



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