Re: New MS Security Phish

From: Edwaleni (Edwaleni_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/02/05

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    Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 21:22:01 -0700

    Thanks to all for your comments and suggestions.

    As one who has faced this stuff for years, it is long gone. I only posted
    here to let the community know it was floating around. I have used AV
    products since 1991 and am well protected from viral, malware and social
    attacks such as this.

    "Bigbruva" wrote:

    > Good point I had missed that, however the local AV scanner should catch the
    > ones that get past the Yahoo Web service.
    > Edwaleni, if you do not have a local AV scanner then please look into
    > getting one ASAP
    >
    > Have a look here for a list of free trials you can used to select your
    > favorite
    > http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/downloads/default.mspx
    >
    > You could also look at some of the free ones (for Home use) that are
    > available from:
    >
    > http://www.avast.com/eng/down_home.html
    >
    > or
    >
    > http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5
    >
    > Good luck
    >
    > BB
    >
    > "N. Miller" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    > news:jsd9918ry36e$.dlg@discussions.microsoft.com...
    > > On Wed, 1 Jun 2005 11:00:24 -0700, Bigbruva wrote:
    > >
    > >> As you stated you are using Norton...
    > >
    > > He did not state that he was using Norton:
    > >
    > > "...the attachment was scanned by
    > > Norton AV service provided by Yahoo Mail."
    > >
    > > I constantly see attachments get through the Yahoo! Mail virus scanner.
    > > There is nothing the user can do about it.
    > >
    > > --
    > > Norman
    > > ~Win dain a lotica, En vai tu ri, Si lo ta
    > > ~Fin dein a loluca, En dragu a sei lain
    > > ~Vi fa-ru les shutai am, En riga-lint
    >
    >
    >

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