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and the attackers could put you out of business.
constant attack going on against computers on the internet
have a good firewall and antivirus system. There is a
As I said in my previous article, its highly important to
problem isn't always painless.
4.   Even when you have a good program like NIS, fixing the
still get into trouble.
3.   Even when you are well protected,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, as I am, you can
or worse.
problems like being a launching pad for some spam company
Security system. If I didn't,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, I'd probably have some major
2.   I'm really glad that I have the Norton Internet
always safe.
1.   Even surfing what you think are safe locations isn't
I came out of this with several take-aways:
again.
I uninstalled and reinstalled my NIS and my email worked
solution was straight forward.
Trojan had probably attacked my firewall and it had. The
my computer back into normal mode. I figured that the
I was prepared for my for my email to not work when I put
done,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, I rechecked and the nasty little thing was gone.
it took several hours to complete. After everything was
Because I ran the Norton Antivirus software in safe mode
is lurking there.
to look in your system registry to remove the virus if it
your antivirus software. They also tell you how and where
Another is to put your computer in "safe mode" and rerun
to have the virus saved off and reinstall itself later.
Windows XP restore function - a good idea if you don't want
The first thing they tell you to do is to turn off your
Norton Antivirus Software hasn't repaired the problem.
they take you step by step how to remove a virus if your
it is a link to the Symantec Security Response Center where
firewall and antivirus system. One of the nice things about
division of Symantec. The NIS package is a combined
I have the Norton Internet Security package. Norton is a
done damage.
sinking feeling. I had gotten a Trojan Horse and it had
quit working. I tested a couple of more times and got that
Just to test, I turned on my firewall and, oops, my email
back up again. I thanked him and said goodbye.
was a typical coincidence and that the network had come
firewall and my email started working. I thought that it
nobody telling the help desk about it. I turned off my
almost always ends up with the ISP having an outage and
routine of check-offs that take too many minutes and it
My thought was "Here we go again��" They go through a long
firewall and asked me to turn it off.
wasn't aware of any problems. He then asked me if I had a
problem with their email. The help desk guy said that he
used the online help desk of my ISP to ask if there was a
so I waited a few minutes and when it didn't come back I
ISP's email server or one of their routers wasn't working
My email stopped working. At first, I thought that my
piggybacked with it. The damage had already been done.
Downloader.Trojan and saw that another Trojan had
repaired the virus. I looked at what it said about the
and then a couple of minutes later, it told me that it had
My antivirus program told me that it couldn't repair it
looking at a Google ranked firewall site!
Downloader.Trojan. No kidding, I got a Trojan Horse while
Norton Antivirus software told me that I had the
was successful but about three or four minutes later my
file. I thought I had told it to not download and thought I
opened one,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, I noticed that it was trying to download a
"best firewall" and was reading highly placed sites. When I
information about firewalls. I had done a Google search for
I didn't get it in an email. I got it surfing the net for
Trojan Horse.
getting a virus. Well, guess what? I got bit yesterday by a
pretty proud about going several years at a time without
just plain screw up your computer. Generally, I have been
identity, steal your passwords, break into your accounts or
bad guys on the internet who are trying to steal your
Small Business owners about protecting yourself from the
Pleasurable And Safe Internet Access" for Home Business and
I recently wrote an article "Use This Formula To Have
Even Google Ranked Pages Aren't Always Safe
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