Originally Posted By: dharris This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
For the past 45min or so, the Norton popup popped up 4 times and said a virus was detected and stated it was deleted
I used to blame it on my brothers and sisters when they sent me all the goeffy photos of there grand kids and stuff, from back in the hills in Pa. but they have't sent anything lately
Originally Posted By: tallen This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
I just sent that "thing" from David to a few friends and my service provider has sent me an e-mail warning me about a virus on my pc.  
-- I have put the past behind me,
where , however, it now sits, making rude remarks.
Originally Posted By: Chris Morrell This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Dan,
The Korgo virus is something that's on your computer. It's a keylogger that logs everything you type and sends it back to the virus' author. See http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-011.mspx for information on the Windows vulerability. You definitely need to download the latest Windows Updates from http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and run a full system scan with Norton. There are no viruses on any of NACHI's websites.
Originally Posted By: ssopha This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Daniel,
What kind of PC do you own? Do you have braodband/DSL connection? It sounds like you have one sick PC. Maybe your anti-virus software need to be upgraded.
Originally Posted By: bhendry This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
We inspected a house for a software engineer yesterday.
...got to talking and he made a statement to me to the effect that if you are using a software based firewall - the intruder is already in your computer. His suggestion is to use a separate hardware firewall. I'm still mulling that over but it sure seems to make sense.
As for Norton firewall and antivirus - complete brain damage - very disappointed. I bought Norton 2004 to "upgrade" 2003 and it will not install.
Originally Posted By: tallen This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Chris ,
Ad-aware seems to do a better job than spy bot. I use both just to make sure. I have noticed that spy bot has not had an update in some time were as ad-aware is at least 3 times a week.
Anyway anyone that does not have these programs go to
www.tucows.com
and get them both. Run ad-aware in the custom mode the first time ie: make it scan everything.
You will be amazed how much crap is on you computer. 
-- I have put the past behind me,
where , however, it now sits, making rude remarks.
Originally Posted By: Chris Morrell This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
I’ve been very happy with Trend Micro Internet Security. You might want to look into it. They’ve got a fully functional free trial, if you want to check it out. http://www.trendmicro.com/en/home/us/personal.htm
Originally Posted By: Chris Morrell This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
AdAware and Spybot work quite well together, in my opinion. There’s a lot of stuff that Spybot catches that AdAware doesn’t, and it has a few nice prevention tools (vs. post-infection removal), and there’s a lot of stuff that Adaware catches that spybot doesn’t. You’re best off using both.
Originally Posted By: Chris Morrell This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Todd,
I've never heard of Avast, so I can't comment on it. The firewall in the D-link router is probably enough for you. There'll always be holes, and unless you hire an IT professional to secure your computer, a few will be open. If you run an operating system like Linux you'll be safer, but most people are just too comfortable with Windows to give it up (myself included). The best way to stay safe is back your important data up religiously.
