Re: Not the same question Sandi

From: Sandi - Microsoft MVP (sandi_hardmeier_at_mvps.org)
Date: 06/21/03 

Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 17:29:59 +0800

Val,

Is Norton forcing you to run the "bugbear tool"? Is there any way to
override it? If not, that is a major oversight on Norton's side. It may be
that you have email scanning enabled. Turn that off. Even Norton has
admitted that it background protection is sufficient and I suspect that by
turning off email scanning you won't be bothered unnecessarily by Norton.

As taken from their support site:

"..If you disable email protection, is your computer still safe from email
viruses?

Disabling email protection does not leave you vulnerable to viruses and
malicious software in email. It is a separate layer of protection in
addition to Auto-Protect. Auto-Protect scans any incoming files, including
email, as they are saved to your hard drive. As long as you keep your virus
definitions up to date with LiveUpdate, and keep Auto-Protect enabled and
set to scan files as they are created or downloaded, your system is fully
protected." 

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Sandi Hardmeier - Microsoft MVP since 1999
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"Val Brown" <veejay@axion.net> wrote in message 
news:uuQ1j85MDHA.3880@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Yes I have it all (Norton 2003).  It isn't that it hasn't caught it.  It 
> is
> the trouble of it being quarantined all the time, then having to go 
> through
> the process of  running the bugbear tool and submitting it to Norton and
> then the quarantine item does go away. You know, a person still wonders 
> why
> so many of them are coming in, which means it is a distraction.  It is 
> just
> a continual pain.  I am trying to figure out why so many are coming in to 
> me
> (in the last week).
>
> Sandi,  I did read your previous email thoroughly, there wasn't a need to
> repeat,  this is an addendum to that.  I obviously didn't put the question
> properly.  It seemed to make sense to me but not to anyone else I guess.
>
> It isn't the same question.  As I mentioned, two more this morning came 
> in.
> I just want to know why I have to go through this all the time.  Does
> everybody get that many.  I doubt it, so I figure there must be a reason.
> That is why I asked about "sharing" and gnucleus and the password to the
> computer if I didn't have  to.  I guess I can go over to Expert Exchange 
> but
> I would rather get the answer from here if possible.
>
> "Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz SBS Rocks [MVP]" <sbradcpa@pacbell.net> 
> wrote
> in message news:3EECEFC4.7333DFE@pacbell.net...
> > Do you have A/V software to stop the infection before you get infected?
> >
> > Prevention is the key.
> >
> > Val Brown wrote:
> >
> > > I hate to keep putting in questions but these horrible viruses are
> messing
> > > up my world. Two more viruses of "bugbear" came in this morning.  I 
> > > had
> to
> > > download the tool again (I am keeping it on my desktop this time) and 
> > > go
> > > through the whole routine again.
> > >
> > > I should have thought of this before, but after that I  went through 
> > > the
> > > computer and made anything that I could think of that was shareable 
> > > into
> > > "make this folder private".
> > >
> > > It looks like I did have pictures and music as shared.  I did have
> gnucleus
> > > as sharing a while back but I removed everything that had their name
> about a
> > > month ago. I thought that would do the trick.  But would it be 
> > > possible
> > > because I stupidly never though  about changing the windows sharing
> folders,
> > > that people are still trying to get into my computer from Gnucleus.
> > >
> > > Also, I now have a password on my computer (as of this morning) but if 
> > > I
> > > don't need that I would rather get rid of it.  No one else here has
> access
> > > to my computer so is it necessary?
> > >
> > > I would appreciate more help with this problem.  Maybe I am getting
> closer
> > > to the answer though.
> >
>
>

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