trojans

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tish

do i need to have a program to protect against Trojans?
i am currently running WinXP home with zoneAlarm,AntiVir,Spy
Sweeper,AVG,spyware blaster and the beta program from Microsoft...all of
this and a trojan got thru. i update everything weekly

is there a freeware out there that i should also be running just for
trojans? i have found some shareware ones...but....

peace,
tish
 
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Frank Steinmetzger

Fri, 27 May 2005 16:59:12 GMT, tish:
do i need to have a program to protect against Trojans?
i am currently running WinXP home with zoneAlarm,AntiVir,Spy
Sweeper,AVG,spyware blaster and the beta program from Microsoft...all of
this and a trojan got thru. i update everything weekly

is there a freeware out there that i should also be running just for
trojans? i have found some shareware ones...but....

peace,
tish
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You didn't mention your browser? Are you running that - uhm, what is
it called, ahh - Internet Explorer?
 
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Conor

do i need to have a program to protect against Trojans?
i am currently running WinXP home with zoneAlarm,AntiVir,Spy
Sweeper,AVG,spyware blaster and the beta program from Microsoft...all of
this and a trojan got thru. i update everything weekly

is there a freeware out there that i should also be running just for
trojans? i have found some shareware ones...but....
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Stop using Internet Explorer and Outlook/Outlook Express.
 
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Ivan Tisljar

do i need to have a program to protect against Trojans?
i am currently running WinXP home with zoneAlarm,AntiVir,Spy
Sweeper,AVG,spyware blaster and the beta program from Microsoft...all of
this and a trojan got thru. i update everything weekly

is there a freeware out there that i should also be running just for
trojans? i have found some shareware ones...but....
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Well, my experience is that you will lower the possibility of trojans
get into your system by using Opera or Firefox browsers.

I don't know of such program - I check my system on 6 month basis and
I've never found trojan or virus on my computer for at least 4 years.

Ivan.

--

"Ego autem quia veritatem dico non creditis mihi."
http://terragen.cjb.net/ & http://hlloyge.cjb.net/
-=delete _system_ to mail me=-

np: (Winamp is not active ;-)
 
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Ionizer

tish said:
do i need to have a program to protect against Trojans?
i am currently running WinXP home with zoneAlarm,AntiVir,Spy
Sweeper,AVG,spyware blaster and the beta program from Microsoft...all
of this and a trojan got thru. i update everything weekly

is there a freeware out there that i should also be running just for
trojans? i have found some shareware ones...but....
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It probably didn't "get through;" you downloaded and launched it. I'm
guessing that you realized you had a Trojan because Zone Alarm blocked
its access to the internet, so in that respect you already have
something to protect you from Trojans. No matter how many anti-malware
programs you have piled on your system though, none can protect you from
yourself.

Regards,
Ian.
 
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tish

You didn't mention your browser? Are you running that - uhm, what is
it called, ahh - Internet Explorer?
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YIKES...not this jersey girl...not for over a year...but i think it did
happen the day i needed to "view page in IE" LOL

peace,
tish`
 
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tish

Ionizer said:
It probably didn't "get through;" you downloaded and launched it. I'm
guessing that you realized you had a Trojan because Zone Alarm blocked
its access to the internet, so in that respect you already have
something to protect you from Trojans. No matter how many anti-malware
programs you have piled on your system though, none can protect you from
yourself.
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zone alarm did not block it...i found it while doing a scan with AntiVir

please explain your statement: No matter how many anti-malware
programs you have piled on your system though, none can protect you from
yourself.
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i am well protected and am very vigilant

peace,
tish
 
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Ionizer

tish said:
please explain your statement: No matter how many anti-malware

i am well protected and am very vigilant
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What I meant is that there is no software substitute for informed,
cautious common sense when it comes to security- vigilance, as you put
it. What was the name of the Trojan, by the way?
 

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