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Virus Protection and the "!0000 Hoax"
By Bruce Miller

There was recently a "fix" for computer e-mail worm viruses on MMD.
A check on http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBMalCode.shtml gives the
following information on the "!0000 Hoax":

 "We were kind of hoping that this one would die of its own accord,
  but no such luck.  While not really false, this list of instructions
  does not really help you prevent infections and could fool you into
  being careless.  For the few worms that remote control your Outlook
  application, this would tell you that you had already spammed the
  world with who knows how many worm infected e-mails.  For the current
  crop of worms that spread via e-mail, which contain their own
  internal mailer, this would do nothing.  Your time would be much
  better spent installing a good antivirus program and keeping it
  updated."

There were also some recent comments on an anti-virus program called
"eSafe".  I have been using this for several years and have found it,
so far, to be infallible.  eSafe is a "proactive" program rather than
a "reactive" program, as virtually all other anti-virus programs are.
This is the one that the "big boys" use, such as government servers
and big businesses.

Good Luck.

Bruce Miller
Issaquah, WA

 [ MMDer Rick Inzero says a similar report by McAfee is at
 [ http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=99213  -- Robbie



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