-=PCTechTalk=- Re: outlook express question
- From: "Lionel" <percy10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 08:57:57 +1000
Cris. I had Nortons for a couple of years and then it let a
Virus through , had to take the computer to a Computer Tech to fix it
, had to reformat. The Tech advised to use Trend Micro, which I do ,
never any problems now . It Updates at least once a day. Lionel.
----- Original Message -----
From: "BashfulBob" <Bashfulbob@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 4:07 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: outlook express question
> My experience has been that Norton's is an excellent anti virus program,
and
> it even excels when you try to remove it. Removing it has screwed up
certain
> things in my puter beyond repair. Like I can no longer get to the update
> page for 98 se, I just get a blank page, while my other puters can get to
> it. so and so.
>
>
> Life is what happens in between plans.
>
> Virus free email by Norton's
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cris" <cris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 8:53 AM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: outlook express question
>
>
> > from Cris:
> > What is a 'good' anti-virus program?
> > I had Norton on my old computer.
> > I know there are a lot of people who don't like Norton, but
> > it is a good program.
> > One of it's drawbacks is that it ususally only updates
> > once/week, unless you go to their web site to update it.
> > Potentially, new worms could be created every day, and the
> > anti-virus might not have the protection against them. They
> > are also getting more sophisticated. Also, if a spam happens
> > to open in the preview pane, it can send messages back home.
> > Or, you could read it in plain text. But I don't read my
> > mail in plain text.
> >
> > I would rather be safe than sorry. I also had never been
> > infected this way, but I switched as another safety net. It
> > took me a little while to get used to it, but now, I
> > wouldn't go back to using the preview pane.
> >
> >
> >
http://www.sawtoothdistortion.com/Articles/HidePreviewPaneinOutlookE.html
> >
> > http://www.hoax-slayer.com/beware-preview-pane.html
> >
> > there are numerous other articles explaining why it is
> > safest to turn it off.
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > By Al Fasoldt
> > Copyright © 2002, Al Fasoldt
> > Copyright © 2002, The Post-Standard
> >
> > I frustrated a lot of Windows users when I goofed when
> > trying to explain how to turn off the Outlook Express
> > message preview pane, which displays entire messages without
> > requiring you to open them separately. Thanks to a couple of
> > helpful readers, here's a much better explanation. Next week
> > I'll cover the same function in Outlook, the "other" mail
> > program from Microsoft.
> > When Outlook Express was originally designed, viruses and
> > worms weren't the big problem they are today. Users probably
> > wanted to turn off the preview pane so they could see a lot
> > of mail all at once. But today the big problem is the
> > script-based virus or worm that sneaks into Windows
> > computers when mail is opened. (This is not related to the
> > danger of attachments.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Don
> > To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 12:09 AM
> > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: outlook express question
> >
> >
> > If you have a good anti-virus program this is not a problem.
> > I read ALL of
> > my email in preview pane and never get viruses.
> >
> > Don
> >
> >
> >
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