-=> DARYL STOUT wrote to KURT WISMER <=-

 DS> Hi, Kurt...

 KW>folks, i've got a question for you all and i'm hoping to hear from as
 KW>many people who read these echos as possible...

 DS>   I like the postings...I forward them to a special local area message
 DS> base on virus protection. While I check the Sophos site for info, I
 DS> download and use F-Prot myself. I used to use McAfee, but went to
 DS> F-Prot, as it was cheaper, and it offered a DOS version. I still have
 DS> users who occasionally logon to the BBS with older systems that won't
 DS> run Windows...and the DOS version of F-Prot is free for non-commercial
 DS> use.

y'know what, i'm an f-prot user too... i'm also subscribed to f-prot's
virus alert mailing list, but i chose to draw data from sophos because
they had more data to draw from (for example they have an actual online
virus encyclopedia)...

come to think of it, i also used to use mcafee, but that was a long,
long time ago... also thunderbyte anti-virus and integrity master (i
wonder what ever happened to wolfgang stiller)...

 DS>   The virus writers and spammers are getting more and more crafty and
 DS> cruel with their schemes...and it amazes me how many people get
 DS> suckered into them...and the same goes with hoaxes.

 DS>   I check Sophos, F-Secure, and McAfee, for hoax information. I used to
 DS> fall for these myself, but now check the sites every time I get a
 DS> "strange email".

wow, you must not get many strange emails then... i get so many i
stopped looking at them... if i don't know who the person is and the
email isn't about something i've legitimately said or done somewhere it
goes into my junkmail folder immediately (thunderbird's bayesian
junkmail filter helps with that a lot)...
 
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