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Posted by =?Utf-8?B?cmlzaw==?= on August 30, 2006, 2:35 pm
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I have opened an email that may have contained a virus but can you get
viruses from just opening an e-mail only? I am scanning my computer with
Ad-Aware SE, Windows Defender (beta 2) and Norton Antivirus 2004, do you
think I have done enough to make sure my computer is not infected by
anything? nothing strange has happened so since I opened the e-mail.
If you could answer the two questions that would be great thanks.
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Posted by RJK on August 30, 2006, 3:10 pm
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How did you know the email contained a virus ? Did Norton alert you to this
event ?
If so, it was Norton was armed against it, and should have dealt with it.
A real-time spy/mal-ware scanner such as Ewido http://www.ewido.net/en/
would compliment your "layers" of security.
A hosts file will help
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
Adaware, if you pay for it, will provide a real-time scanner so as to trap
spy/malware before it gets into your machine. i.e. better to catch it
first, rather than scan for it and try to remove it after it's in there !
regards, Richard
>I have opened an email that may have contained a virus but can you get
> viruses from just opening an e-mail only? I am scanning my computer with
> Ad-Aware SE, Windows Defender (beta 2) and Norton Antivirus 2004, do you
> think I have done enough to make sure my computer is not infected by
> anything? nothing strange has happened so since I opened the e-mail.
>
> If you could answer the two questions that would be great thanks.
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Posted by RJK on August 30, 2006, 3:12 pm
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If Norton alerted you about the email virus, it was armed against it, and
should have dealt with it.
regards, Richard
>I have opened an email that may have contained a virus but can you get
> viruses from just opening an e-mail only? I am scanning my computer with
> Ad-Aware SE, Windows Defender (beta 2) and Norton Antivirus 2004, do you
> think I have done enough to make sure my computer is not infected by
> anything? nothing strange has happened so since I opened the e-mail.
>
> If you could answer the two questions that would be great thanks.
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Posted by David H. Lipman on August 30, 2006, 5:08 pm
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| I have opened an email that may have contained a virus but can you get
| viruses from just opening an e-mail only? I am scanning my computer with
| Ad-Aware SE, Windows Defender (beta 2) and Norton Antivirus 2004, do you
| think I have done enough to make sure my computer is not infected by
| anything? nothing strange has happened so since I opened the e-mail.
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| If you could answer the two questions that would be great thanks.
It depends.
Ad-Aware SE, Windows Defender (beta 2) will nOT work with email, only Norton AV.
If the email body of the email uses exploit code and your PC is un-patched then
thhe virus
bearing attachment could be executed.
This will also depend on your email client.
--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
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Posted by =?Utf-8?B?cmlzaw==?= on September 1, 2006, 2:03 pm
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usually does, I think that everyting is ok, I personally won't spend my time
scanning now.
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