Is there an anti-virus that stops the virus until I run a scan? - Page 2

**Xie** · June 17th, 2004

Originally Posted by Son Goku

People can spoof email addresses. I've gotten spam before, that is supposedly from myself.

Very true as most modern worms/virus's contain there own email code

Also welcome to the forum Son Goku.

**Son Goku** · June 17th, 2004

Originally Posted by Xie

Very true as most modern worms/virus's contain there own email code

Also welcome to the forum Son Goku.

Thanks

Yeah, I started checking suspiscious email in this way since I got a uni email account sometime back, and well they had things on their AIX servers then. Many ISPs I signed up with since moving from campus also allow a shell account or something people can use.

If one's ISP doesn't provide this, there are programs one can use locally

http://www.washington.edu/pine/

Alternatively, one might be able to alter their news reader to force it to display an email as plain text (when looking at a suspiscious email) and back again after. Haven't tried this method though. I've had a hand full of emails with suspiscious looking subject line and unknown sender, turn out to be legitimate.

jw50 · July 1st, 2004

Originally Posted by TittleBitties

hey...i keep getting a message from the virus scanner program from microsoft and i had like over 300 files with the jeefo.a virus and the rbot.s worm. After i get ride of all of it my computer was acting weird like it said my explorer was using like 300,000k for mem usage and eveyrthing else was like 200-600k. Then it wouldnt let me open programs cause the pf was too high. I looked at the pf and it was 1gb and i keep watchin it and it finally stopped at 1.92gb. Now is it just me or is that weird as f*ck. Everything was acting weird then all of a sudden it stopped and everything was normal.

Now when i did another search when i was typing all this it found korgo.j.worm and the rbot.c.worm.

I hope that you dont really think you have a virus scanner program from Microsoft, Microsoft doesn't have an anti-virus program (although they are considering it). If you do have something that says it is a virus scanner program from Microsoft then that is probably where you are getting infected. Just about any of the anti-virus programs will stop all but brand new virus' as long as you have them properly configured and keep the virus definitions up to date.

It also sounds like you aren't keeping your version of windows up to date either, you should probably let windows download and install critical updates automatically.

August 28th, 2004

Originally Posted by TittleBitties

the free anti-virus that u get from microsoft when u sign up for the security update cd does that i get a message that tells me...i found out like 100+ files had the jeefo virus or w/e it was.

The microsoft update CD costs $10. Why buy it when you can download it online free?

Thanks

**Tittles** · August 28th, 2004

Alright...i know its not from microsoft themself but the anti-virus program came with the febuary update cd. I didnt cost $10 either it was free so i unno what your talkin about.

August 28th, 2004

Originally Posted by TittleBitties

Alright...i know its not from microsoft themself but the anti-virus program came with the febuary update cd. I didnt cost $10 either it was free so i unno what your talkin about.

I applied for the FREE Microsoft update CD. They wanted $10 for shipping & handling.
The link above says the CD is no longer available.

Thank you for replying.

**Tittles** · August 28th, 2004

hmmm...thats strange. Damn microsoft

June 17th, 2004	Top \| #21
Xie - geek - Joined: September 2003 Location: NY, USA Posts: 5,224 Reputation: 1730 Power: 175	Originally Posted by Son Goku People can spoof email addresses. I've gotten spam before, that is supposedly from myself. Very true as most modern worms/virus's contain there own email code Also welcome to the forum Son Goku. tehgeek \| tehgeek \| geeking out to tech \| IRC \| Parted Magic \| A+ Certified Professional

June 17th, 2004	Top \| #22
Son Goku No lover of dogma Joined: June 2004 Location: 439 East District, Mount Paozu Posts: 1,980 Reputation: 700 Power: 123	Originally Posted by Xie Very true as most modern worms/virus's contain there own email code Also welcome to the forum Son Goku. Thanks Yeah, I started checking suspiscious email in this way since I got a uni email account sometime back, and well they had things on their AIX servers then. Many ISPs I signed up with since moving from campus also allow a shell account or something people can use. If one's ISP doesn't provide this, there are programs one can use locally http://www.washington.edu/pine/ Alternatively, one might be able to alter their news reader to force it to display an email as plain text (when looking at a suspiscious email) and back again after. Haven't tried this method though. I've had a hand full of emails with suspiscious looking subject line and unknown sender, turn out to be legitimate.

July 1st, 2004	Top \| #23
jw50 OSNN Senior Addict Joined: December 2001 Posts: 354 Reputation: 10 Power: 131	Originally Posted by TittleBitties hey...i keep getting a message from the virus scanner program from microsoft and i had like over 300 files with the jeefo.a virus and the rbot.s worm. After i get ride of all of it my computer was acting weird like it said my explorer was using like 300,000k for mem usage and eveyrthing else was like 200-600k. Then it wouldnt let me open programs cause the pf was too high. I looked at the pf and it was 1gb and i keep watchin it and it finally stopped at 1.92gb. Now is it just me or is that weird as f*ck. Everything was acting weird then all of a sudden it stopped and everything was normal. Now when i did another search when i was typing all this it found korgo.j.worm and the rbot.c.worm. I hope that you dont really think you have a virus scanner program from Microsoft, Microsoft doesn't have an anti-virus program (although they are considering it). If you do have something that says it is a virus scanner program from Microsoft then that is probably where you are getting infected. Just about any of the anti-virus programs will stop all but brand new virus' as long as you have them properly configured and keep the virus definitions up to date. It also sounds like you aren't keeping your version of windows up to date either, you should probably let windows download and install critical updates automatically.

August 28th, 2004	Top \| #24
veronica Unregistered Posts: n/a	Originally Posted by TittleBitties the free anti-virus that u get from microsoft when u sign up for the security update cd does that i get a message that tells me...i found out like 100+ files had the jeefo virus or w/e it was. The microsoft update CD costs $10. Why buy it when you can download it online free? Thanks

August 28th, 2004	Top \| #25
Tittles Dabba Dooba Joined: July 2002 Location: Muskegon, Michigan Posts: 6,344 Reputation: 1590 Power: 198	Alright...i know its not from microsoft themself but the anti-virus program came with the febuary update cd. I didnt cost $10 either it was free so i unno what your talkin about. Yo

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August 28th, 2004	Top \| #26
veronica Unregistered Posts: n/a	Originally Posted by TittleBitties Alright...i know its not from microsoft themself but the anti-virus program came with the febuary update cd. I didnt cost $10 either it was free so i unno what your talkin about. I applied for the FREE Microsoft update CD. They wanted $10 for shipping & handling. The link above says the CD is no longer available. Thank you for replying.

August 28th, 2004	Top \| #27
Tittles Dabba Dooba Joined: July 2002 Location: Muskegon, Michigan Posts: 6,344 Reputation: 1590 Power: 198	hmmm...thats strange. Damn microsoft Yo

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