<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> Horace Greeley wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>  Ron and all, At 04:08 AM 9/4/99 -0400, you wrote:   <blockquote type=cite cite>Since I put together a presentation on Internet-originating security hazards (Viruses, Trojan Horses, and Worms) for the KC Cybercafe, I've been monitoring a couple of sites to see if anything new is on the horizon. I wasn't surprised to discover a couple of rather new problems and, since they sound particularly "troublematic," I thought I'd pass them along to you.</blockquote> Hmmm - do you have anything in PowerPoint or Presentations that you might be willing to share?  </blockquote> Unfortunately, no. I'd started going that route, then decided to scale it back to some sample pages from a couple of anti-virus-related sites and some informative pages on what those critters are and how they do their dirty work. I may go ahead and try doing a PowerPoint show for the local folks. If there's an interest elsewhere in the region, once (if) I get it together, I might be convinced to take it on the road. <blockquote TYPE=CITE>Sorry if this sounds like so much "metooism".  Our service group has a constant barrage of laptop/home users who disable their virus software,  blow off making sure that their machines are backed up, etc., etc., and then wonder why they lose _everything_ on their machines.</blockquote> Unfortunately, even if they don't wind up crashing and burning, if they do happen to unwittingly pick up a virus, they could be contributing to its reproducibility. I think it's irrisponsible to be connected to the web and not exercise "safe webbing" by maintaining up-to-date antivirus software. Which reminds me. I noticed that <a href="http://lw1fd.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/dasp/links_shell.asp?disk=209.185.130.51_d1216&login=torrella&f=33792&curmbox=ACTIVE&_lang=&matter=newfeat&bg=cceecc">Hotmail</a> has an antivirus scan feature available to its subscribers. Hotmail, for those who aren't aware, is a free webmail service provided by the Microsoft Network. Even if you don't need another email account, it might be worthwhile to set up a freebie, then have email  attachments go to your Hotmail address so you can scan them before downloading to your machine. Free email. Free antivirus protection for attachment downloads (it's McAfee's VirusScan antivirus program). <a href="http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/tos.cgi?us=hotmail&_lang=&beta=">Click here</a> if you want to sign up for a free Hotmail account. -- Ron Torrella, RPT</html>