anonymous
Fri Nov 28 08:35:21 CST 2003
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>
>"rona" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>message news:051e01c3b57f$3948c410$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> From the microsoft internet explorer download page, I
>> updated whatever needed to be updated, according to
>the
>> check the website made on my computer. Can anyone
>please
>> tell me why I now have 14 infected files, with the
>> backdoor.coreflood virus and the download.trojan
>virus
>> (according to norton antivirus).
>
>Patches and updates are only as secure as the computer
>operator
>allows them to be. Do you run a firewall? Do you use
>IRC? Instant
>Messenging programs? Do you swap pics back and forth in
>these
>programs with people? View webcams within these
>programs?
>Allow these programs to "act as a server" thru your
>firewall? Whenever
>you do things like that you allow a way for trojans and
>worms to enter.
>I think there is more risk of getting something rotten
>through open ports
>than email. We have become very "email" aware but
>forget there is
>more than one way for viruses to enter our machines.
>
>The Cleaner from www.moosoft.com is a nice little
>trojan detector/remover
>utility. Keep your virus software running at all times
>and updated daily, do a
>full scan daily. Keep the firewall under strict
>control.
>
>
>.
>Thank you for the help Ozgirl. Am downloading the cleaner
now. Yes I do use instant messengers but don't really swap
pictures on them. The folders where I found the viruses
are compressed , were dated yesterday when I downloaded
stuff from the msn website, and cant do much with them at
the moment. If I can't figure it out after the cleaner is
downloaded, I will have to go to the professionals.