Re: [cobalt-users] Nimda Virus received from the list

[Greg Hewitt-Long <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, Terry Brown wrote:
>
>> In my mail this morning the W32.Nimda.enc virus was received with mail from
>> the cobalt mailing list. Norton found it but the result may be of interest.
>>
>> I assume because it was the ENC version of the virus Norton Quarantined my
>> complete folder. Luckily I have message rules set to moved Cobalt mail
>> immediately to a special folder so I only lost the cobalt mail in that
>> folder. If I had only used Inbox all mail could have been wiped and I am
>> unsure that it can be recovered.
>>
>> Terry Brown
>>
>>
>>
>That, would be reason that the product name is Norton (anti) Virus.
>
>Usually it hurts more than the virus itself.
>
>I would recommend F-prot from f-secure.com or esafe from esafe.com for
>*good* av software :-)
>
>- shimi.


Or run a macintosh as a mail gateway - that way, you're secure even if it doesn't get trapped!

Greg
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