Re: trojan worms et al

From: Ron Chamberlin (ronchamberlin_at_msnmsn.com)
Date: 08/29/03


Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 21:38:34 -0400


Dave,
Do a full scan on your system, keep the definitions up to date, and schedule
your scans at least weekly. As a double check, Symantec, RAV, Panda Software
, McAfee and others have free online scanners on their sites.

-- 
Ron Chamberlin
MS-MVP
"David C" <mac@clinch1535.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:058b01c36dad$4add9030$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> Dear All,
>
> I have recently installed Norton AV and Firewall software
> but I was wondering; if a trojan worm had been placed on
> my system prior to installing this software, would an
> attacker be able to circumvent the newly installed
> software?
>
> I ran the Norton disk from bootup and it found no virus'
> etc on my system but I would appreciate your views on
> this issue,
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave


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