[bksvol-discuss] Re: trojans, worms and computer viruses

  • From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:41:45 -0500

Dear Jamie, and Everyone who feels at the mercy of their computer,
How did you know you had the dialer and key logger? Norton antivirus and spy bot are supposed to be protecting me, and I don't react to pass along chain type stuff or go to links I'm not sure about, but last weekend Internet MSN Explorer and email Microsoft Office Outlook just showed up as the first 2 programs listed in that box you get when you press the windows key with a preface, New Programs. I don't really expect an explanation. It just seems computers are risky, that you can't really count on them. 

Always with love,

Lissi
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jamie Yates" <jamieyates@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 10:53 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] trojans, worms and computer viruses



Cindy, viruses USED to be only attachments to emails
and you couldn't get them unless you opened the
attachment. And many are still that way. But there are
many more dnagers nowadays in addition to viruses.
There are worms and trojans that you can get just by
visiting a website or allowing a popup. You don't have
to do anything else to get them and they can do such
things as trying to dial out or open a connection from
one computer to your computer. They can be keyloggers
that record every stroke you're typing.

You have to be careful what sites you visit and what
links you click. Unless you know for sure what it is,
it's best not to click links from your email. Last
year I visited some site by accident that gave me both
a dialer and a keylogger and I could not get rid of it
even with expensive antivirus and anti-pest software.

I had to reformat my hard drive to get rid of it and I
was lucky. If it had been a boot sector virus I don't
know that you can get rid of those, because they live
in your computer's BIOS.

I recommend the EWIDO software to help ward off
trojans and worms and other pests.




Jamie in Michigan

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