[65374] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Anit-Virus help for all of us??????
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Henry Linneweh)
Mon Nov 24 17:35:44 2003
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 14:31:42 -0800 (PST)
From: Henry Linneweh <hrlinneweh@sbcglobal.net>
To: Niels Bakker <niels=nanog@bakker.net>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20031124215456.GC59713@snowcrash.tpb.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
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The latest Zone Alarm Pro also invites subscribed users to participate in creating a
more robust solution....
-Henry
Niels Bakker <niels=nanog@bakker.net> wrote:
* Richard@mandarin.com (Richard Cox) [Mon 24 Nov 2003, 20:30 CET]:
>
> The latest version of Zone Alarm Pro does stop all applications from
> accessing the net outbound unless specifically authorised, and it does
> check the executable by checksum to make sure it hasn't been changed.
Right up to the moment the end user, annoyed by the continuous popups,
authorises mshtml.dll - which is used by several malicious-by-design
worms (including Outlook).
-- Niels.
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<DIV>The latest Zone Alarm Pro also invites subscribed users to participate in creating a </DIV>
<DIV>more robust solution....</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>-Henry<BR><BR><B><I>Niels Bakker <niels=nanog@bakker.net></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR>* Richard@mandarin.com (Richard Cox) [Mon 24 Nov 2003, 20:30 CET]:<BR>> <BR>> The latest version of Zone Alarm Pro does stop all applications from<BR>> accessing the net outbound unless specifically authorised, and it does<BR>> check the executable by checksum to make sure it hasn't been changed.<BR><BR>Right up to the moment the end user, annoyed by the continuous popups,<BR>authorises mshtml.dll - which is used by several malicious-by-design<BR>worms (including Outlook).<BR><BR><BR>-- Niels.</BLOCKQUOTE>
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