Re: Re: January 15 is Personal Firewall Day, help the cause

["Exibar" <exibar () thelair com>]

> > Linux in the wild viruses that come to mind:  Scalper, Ramen, Lion,
> > Simile.....  I'm sure there are lots more as well.
>
> None of those was an e-mail virus.  They were worms.  An e-mail virus
> scanner wouldn't have done any good.

  correct, but I'm not talking about ONLY catching e-mail viruses, that's
not the only reason you install A/V software on your desktop.  Worms are
more dangerous than e-mail viruses in my eyes, especially if you're blocking
all executables from coming in through your mail gateway.  Without A/V
software you're susseptable to these worms running rampant on your machine
and network.
   Without A/V you'll also have the problem of people clicking on links and
inadvertantly downloading a backdoor or a rootkit.  A firewall will help,
but not prevent this from happening.

 Exibar

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