NORTON ANTIVIRUS & E-MAIL SCANNING

Dec 17, 2001 | security, software

By default, Norton Antivirus 2002 scans outgoing e-mail for viruses. I’ve become unhappy with the way it handles that outgoing mail scan. It typically takes 10-30 seconds before anything happens to a message in the outbox, and then a big window appears in the...

INTERNET EXPLORER SECURITY UPDATE

Dec 14, 2001 | IE, security

Microsoft released a huge patch for Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6 today. It is highly recommended that everyone install this patch immediately. It is a cumulative patch that includes all previous security updates for IE, and adds protection against three new...

OUTLOOK E-MAIL SECURITY

Dec 10, 2001 | mail, Outlook, security

The responsibility of owning a computer today includes owning an antivirus program and keeping it up to date. If you haven’t affirmatively done something to update your virus definitions in the last two weeks, then you’re at risk, and you’re putting...

GONER VIRUS

Dec 4, 2001 | security

Another virus is running around today. It comes in as an attachment to an e-mail message with the subject “Hi.” The message body begins, “How are you? When I saw this screen saver, I immediately thought about you. I am in a harry, I promise you will...

BADTRANS VIRUS

Nov 29, 2001 | security

Another virus making the rounds these days. BADTRANS is the usual – arrives as an e-mail attachment, sends itself back out to lots of people with your name on the message as the sender, does a couple of dirty deeds on your computer. If you’re infected,...

NORTON ANTIVIRUS 2002

Nov 9, 2001 | security, software

Generally I’m happy with Norton Antivirus 2002. It installs like a dream, the e-mail scanning works, and it’s easy to update. But here’s an interesting side-effect. I just set up a new Dell Dimension 8200 – a very nice, very fast computer....