Re: Virus protection.

["L. S. Russell" <leslier@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, v 2.1 has a feature called MailSafe and it strips suspect email
attachments and reports what it found through a configurable pop-up or
log file. 
But your right is is a good thing.

Bob Crothers wrote:
> 
> L.S.
> 
> I also use ZoneAlarm and it is truly a great thing.  But, it does nothing
> for virus protection.  It's claim to fame is as a personnel firewall.  And
> not only does it let you know about stuff coming in (eg: Folks pinging you
> or probing your ports), but also, stuff on your machine that is trying to
> get out.  Both of which can be rather eye opening.
> 
> I highly recommend it.
> 
> Bob
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On
> Behalf Of L. S. Russell
> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 12:44 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Virus protection.
> 
> I have been keeping up with the thread on the KAK virus. And just wanna
> let you folks know about a dandy little program called Zone Alarm. Not
> only does it protect against attached email viruses but it can help
> protect a pc from open port attacks by such things as NetBus and BO 2000
> and from port 139 (bios) attacks.
> It seems to to this by making your pc look like it is powered off. Zone
> Alarm is a super firewall for the pc it provides logging, and strips
> those nasty attachments off when it finds them. I am not sure but I
> think you can upgrade the virus protection. #1 thing is it is free!
> 
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> L. S. Russell Programmer/Analyst
> Datrek Professional Bags, Inc.
> 2413 Industrial Drive
> Springfield, TN. 37172
> mailto:leslier@datrek.com
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Datrek Professional Bags, Inc.
2413 Industrial Drive
Springfield, TN. 37172
mailto:leslier@datrek.com
http://www.datrek.com
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