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RE: [OT] I think I have a virus

• Posted by irv mullins <irvm at ellijay.com> Aug 18, 2004
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Ricardo M. Forno wrote:
> 
> Hi, Irv.
> Problem is that MS updates install themselves automatically. You (or at
> least I) can't download them first, save to disk, and then manually install
> them one by one.
> So, I never installed any of them. Instead, when I had to re-install Windows
> (usually because some minor problem arose when installing fair but buggy
> software), I did so from the CD, then installed AVG antivirus (an updated
> version downloaded through another PC) and other protecting software, and
> everything was virus-free for a while.

I think that's a resonable approach, provided you install a real firewall 
BEFORE you go on-line for the first time. Of course, a hardware firewall 
would be best. An ABM* software firewall would be the next choice.

*ABM: Anything But Microsoft :)

Irv