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Wild Bill · Post by **Wild Bill** » Fri May 03, 2002 12:19 am

The viral epidemic knocked me for a loop, gentlemen! I hope you all weather this intense insidious storm.

I just wanted you to know that I am back after 8 days of solitude while I got all my mess put back together.

A Warning! Be careful of downloads. Be sure you have a good anti-virus program!

The virus ate mine. I have a much better one now.

Good to be back with you all!

Wild Bill

Capt. Pixel · Post by **Capt. Pixel** » Fri May 03, 2002 12:47 am

My sympathies WB. I too, just lost the HD last weekend under mysterious circumstances and was desperate to get back up and 'foruming'

Bernie · Post by **Bernie** » Fri May 03, 2002 2:12 am

Originally posted by Wild Bill
The viral epidemic knocked me for a loop, gentlemen! I hope you all weather this intense insidious storm.

I just wanted you to know that I am back after 8 days of solitude while I got all my mess put back together.

A Warning! Be careful of downloads. Be sure you have a good anti-virus program!

The virus ate mine. I have a much better one now.

Good to be back with you all!

Wild Bill

Welcome back, WB...

Just curious, what AV were you running that got "et"?

WhiteRook · Post by **WhiteRook** » Fri May 03, 2002 5:42 am

Hey Kunel,

Glad you made it back!

There is not a safe site left on the net I fear these days! And another area that I want to bring up to all broad-band users. Is Be Da** sure you have a good firewall in place!
as Mr. T would say - "I pitty the fool that dos'nt have one!"

I personaly receive anywhere from 1 - 2 dozen hits a day looking for a back-door into my system. And that's on a slow day!!

Rook

Bernie · Post by **Bernie** » Fri May 03, 2002 6:20 am

Originally posted by WhiteRook
Hey Kunel,

Glad you made it back! There is not a safe site left on the net I fear these days! And another area that I want to bring up to all broad-band users. Is Be Da** sure you have a good firewall in place!
as Mr. T would say - "I pitty the fool that dos'nt have one!"
I personaly receive anywhere from 1 - 2 dozen hits a day looking for a back-door into my system. And that's on a slow day!!

Rook

Hardware firewall here... We're in stealth mode.

Wild Bill · Post by **Wild Bill** » Fri May 03, 2002 6:29 am

Thanks, Fellas! It was a mean one! I think we are good to go now!....WB
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Mojo · Post by **Mojo** » Fri May 03, 2002 6:32 am

I guess I'm a belt and suspender kind of guy. Fire wall and three different AVPs running in different places. I got the mega system condom action going here.

I'm safe but it sure takes the romance out of it.

Wild Bill · Post by **Wild Bill** » Fri May 03, 2002 6:41 am

Sorry Bernie! It was McAfee...I say was, because it is history. I'm using Norton 2002 now and it really does a job! I strongly recommend it.

Because of Norton, I was able to save most of my data! That alone was worth the price of it.

Firewall! Yes! All the time. You can't be too cautious nowadays.

What sickness...to use such talent for such perverted ends.

I appreciate the welcome back from all of you!

Wild Bill

Bernie · Post by **Bernie** » Fri May 03, 2002 7:15 am

Originally posted by Wild Bill
Sorry Bernie! It was McAfee...I say was, because it is history. I'm using Norton 2002 now and it really does a job! I strongly recommend it.

Because of Norton, I was able to save most of my data! That alone was worth the price of it.

Firewall! Yes! All the time. You can't be too cautious nowadays.

What sickness...to use such talent for such perverted ends.

I appreciate the welcome back from all of you!

Wild Bill

I ditched McAfee awhile back and went with Nortons, never regretted it.

Belisarius · Post by **Belisarius** » Fri May 03, 2002 5:11 pm

Originally posted by Bernie

I ditched McAfee awhile back and went with Nortons, never regretted it.

Same here. Running Norton, and the beige box is still up and at it.

Welcome back WB! It's good to see you again.

Capt Chris · Post by **Capt Chris** » Sat May 04, 2002 2:56 pm

Norton is the only way to go. I had to many problems with McAfee in the past. Of course if you run Linux you are kind of immune to the virii.

Welcome back WB.

BryanMelvin · Post by **BryanMelvin** » Tue May 07, 2002 8:42 am

Welcome back Wildman Wilder

I was wondering if the Subject Heading of the Virus email had an Arabic accent to it

To many virus running rampant the past few days makes me wonder..

Wild Bill · Post by **Wild Bill** » Tue May 07, 2002 6:30 pm

Thanks Marauder!

It is good to have survived this disaster. I'm a little older and wiser now and a little better prepared for this in the future.

Wild Bill

BryanMelvin · Post by **BryanMelvin** » Tue May 07, 2002 6:43 pm

Originally posted by Wild Bill
Thanks Marauder!

It is good to have survived this disaster. I'm a little older and wiser now and a little better prepared for this in the future.

Wild Bill

Wild Bill - email me soon

Wild Bill · Post by **Wild Bill** » Tue May 07, 2002 7:29 pm

And a thanks to you, Captain! It is good to be back in this gaming melee!

Wild Bill

Capt Chris · Post by **Capt Chris** » Tue May 07, 2002 8:47 pm

Unfortunately cippro doesn't work on these pesky electronic goblins.

Oops, did I say Goblin again?

Phil · Post by **Phil** » Tue May 14, 2002 6:13 am

Not to be too much off topic here, but I strongly recommend a FREE Scanner called AVG. It's cleaned virus on both mine and my wife's system that an updated version of Norton didn't touch. I learned about from an email list group that got infected. Basically the subscribers who did have AVG were safe. The rest of us got whacked. It fixed my system and I've sworn by it ever since. Updates are free for personal use and come out almost weekly.
You can download it at www.grisoft.com. Also scans incoming and outgoing emails.

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