Re: Almost every day I have got Microsoft Security Update posting

From: why? (fgrirp*sgc_at_VAINY!Qznq.fpvragvfg.pbz)
Date: 04/27/03 

Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 06:07:20 GMT

On Sun, 27 Apr 2003 06:28:15 +0300, Alex Vinokur wrote:

>
>"Norm Dresner" <ndrez@att.net> wrote in message news:MbGqa.126963$ja4.5442630@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>> You don't have an anti-virus program running, do you? If you did, you'd
>> know what they were.
>
>How can I set up anti-virus program (on Microsoft 2000)?

That would be Windows 2000.

Buy one.
McAfee http://www.mcafee.com/
Symantec http://www.symantec.com/

Use one of the free options
AVG http://www.grisoft.com/

several other suggestions in the 24HSHD archive
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=24hoursupport.helpdesk

and
http://www.tucows.com/virus95_default.html

Other names
Norman, Kaspersky, F-Prot, AntiVir

>>
>> Norm
>>
>> "Alex Vinokur" <alexvn@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
>> news:b8dnv8$8na8t$1@ID-79865.news.dfncis.de...
>> > Almost every day I have got "Microsoft Security Update" messages.
>> >
>> > See for instance :
>> > news://msnews.microsoft.com/eKHFW89CDHA.392@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl
>> > (via NNTP Server, not via Google)
>> >
>> > Why are the messages sending almost every day?
>> >
>> > Do I have to run executable files attached to the postings?

Me

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