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Re: Zinjan & russian new years virus
From: David Harley <harley () icrf icnet uk>
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 09:30:00 +0000 (GMT)
On Fri, 12 Feb 1999 Kenneth_W_Fox () sbphrd com wrote:
Has anybod heard of a company called (or sounds like) zinjan that has a
Isn't that Finjan? Sorry, I'm not acquainted with the product.
firewall *anti virus* program. Someone higher up heard about this and wants us to investigate. I didn't have any luck searching Yahoo for it.
* Russian New Year is, to coin a phrase, not a virus. It's a security hole in Excel. See www.datafellows.com. * A number of firewall products include some sort of anti-virus functionality, or can use an AV plug-in: FW1, for example. This may be a viable supplement to scanning on the desktop if your network can take the load, but it's not a complete substitute for desktop scanning. * There are also products (sometimes called viruswalls) which do some form of gateway virus scanning, often combined with other forms of content filtering. These work particularly well with e-mail where the latency problem may not be so critical, but again, should not be mistaken for a complete solution. -- David Harley | alt.comp.virus FAQ D.Harley () icrf icnet uk | http://webworlds.co.uk/dharley/ Support & Security Analyst | Folk London On-Line gig-list Imperial Cancer Research Fund | http://www.sherpasoft.com/FolkLondon
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