Re: [IRCA] (OT) Spam

["Craig Healy" <bubba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At my various clients, I have somewhere over a hundred computers to 
maintain.  Viruses show up primarily from someone clicking on infected 
email, or going to a dangerous web site.  Other computers have been infected 
from outside by a malware that invaded that computer which had no antivirus 
program.  When a decent antivirus program suce as McAfee, Symantec or Panda 
is installed and kept current, very rarely is that infected.  Other things 
that really help are better quality routers such as Sonicwall TZ-210.  While 
it is somewhat expensive on a yearly basis, it does seem to prevent the 
invasions.

When I have to deal with an infected computer, I usually will restart using 
a Linux-based Knoppix CD to work on it.  Can't infect a CD.

Doing a backup to a separate storage does help a lot, and having an 
antivirus program scan the infected hard drive separately on a different 
computer also helps recover it.

Craig Healy
Providence, RI




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