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From: Anonymous on 28 Nov 2009 18:43

"Tim923" <tws0923(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:hes990$akk$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
>I see that it's an old version, Norton 2003, but I believe I was up to date
> in updates. It sure did detect win32.pinfi, but it was too late. It wasn't
> email related. I downloaded something that didn't come from a nice official
> webpage. So I'm partly to blame. I have to ask, would AVG free have done a
> better job? Tim

Forget about AVG.

Go for ESET or Kaspersky .

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kerf

From: Anonymous on 28 Nov 2009 19:49

"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message news:herjfc026o0(a)news3.newsguy.com...
> From: "Tim923" <tws0923(a)hotmail.com>
>
> | I got this virus. Norton didn't detect it until after it was run, and then
> | it was too late. What went wrong? Nasty thing. It first took out my
> | Internet Explorer and then my email. Tim
>
>
>
> To answer what went wrong... In short, Norton is party to blame. It just isn't that good.
>
> Replace it with Avira AntiVir.

Avira AntiVir looks good on paper, but it isn't all that much better than Norton in real life.

ESET and Kaspersky are your best choices by far.

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kerf


From: Leythos on 29 Nov 2009 20:13
In article <4b131b1e$0$913$88263eea(a)blocknews.net>, trt(a)void.com says...
>
> You know if you keep back peddling far enough you can stop posting all
> together.

You're the one back peddling, my full description of the incident was
made public last week - you're making yourself look like the fool you
are Chris.

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voice inside you that most civilians don't even hear -- Listen to that.
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From: Ant on 29 Nov 2009 22:11
"Leythos" wrote:

> Since you appear to have missed it, I gave a FULL description of how and
> why that system was compromised last week - posted in 4 different
> security groups.

Can you provide a google link or similar to that article?

I'd be interested to know how a person like yourself, who no doubt has
systems fully patched, has a properly configured firewall, does not
surf the web with administrator rights and does not run executable
content offered could be affected.

Was this a zero-day exploit of some kind?


From: Leythos on 30 Nov 2009 06:34
In article <4b1485c0.988859(a)EBCDIC>, me(a)privacy.net says...
>
> Leythos wrote:
> >In all my decades of
> >experience I have never...
>
> ...learned how to configure a safe web interface (browser) such that one could
> surf without fear, regardless of the site.

You seem to have missed the article like Butts did - it was a
sacrificial machine with the sole purpose of downloading files.

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voice inside you that most civilians don't even hear -- Listen to that.
Trust yourself.
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