The Logic Off Topic list

My computer got the Badtrans virus twice, the other week, and ZoneAlarm
stopped it from accessing the internet to spread itself- Zone alarm asks you
"yes or no" if a program tries to access the internet.

Then the last line of defense against viruses or trojans is the users common
sense. Badtrans creates a file called kernel32.exe which sounds like a real
windoze file but isnt.

This kind of $h!t makes me wish I'd saved up and bought a Mac :-)

Zonealarm is free- and has proved itself worth having on my PC.


----- Original Message -----
From: <litepipe@...>
To: <logic-ot@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: 02 December 2001 03:54
Subject: [L-OT] Re: Personal firewalls/MS security


> --- In logic-ot@y..., soreyenus@y... wrote:
> > Greetings all!
> > When you have these products, though, make sure you update the
> > firewall regularly, if applicable. For instance, Black Ice
> > (http://networkice.com/products/soho_solutions.html) just put out a
> > new update weeks ago, because hackers had found an exploit that
> > allowed them to get through the firewall.
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>   Hi,
>     What do you think of Zonealarm?
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>                      --Roger
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