[AccessD] Virus mail

John Bartow john at winhaven.net
Fri Oct 24 12:25:15 CDT 2003


Hi Reuben,
My ISP scans for viruses and deletes the email if it is just an automated
type that contains no useable information. I appreciated that.

However, then they started SPAM filtering, and many of my client's emails
were held back as SPAM (false positives). At the time I worked mostly with
government so I didn't get the connection at all. I still use the same ISP
but I moved my domain to another hosting service which gave me more control
over my company email. So now everything comes through and I filter it
myself.

The wierd thing is that I have never had a SPAM filter false postive for my
personal email account, which is still with the original ISP email system.

John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Reuben
> Cummings
> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 11:19 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: RE: [AccessD] Virus mail
>
>
> I've been reading this thread and cannot belive the trouble
> everyone faces.
> I have 6 PC's behind a Linksys DSL router and have NEVER received
> a popup or
> anything.  In two years I would bet that Norton has caught maybe 10 virus
> infected emails total for all 6 machines.
>
> Now maybe I'm spoiled with my DSL provider and the filtering job he does,
> but I think you all should start throwing fits with those providing the
> services.  For example, my brother gets his DSL directly from Verizon in
> Fort Wayne, IN and all he gets done is closing pop ups (and he refuses to
> put a router on his PC for some reason).
>
> I realize this doesn't help you all out much, but I had to say something
> after reading all this.
>
> BTW, I have never received an infected message from the list (as indicated
> by the 10 infected messages in two years)
>
> Reuben Cummings
> GFC, LLC
> phone: 812.523.1017
> email: reuben at gfconsultants.com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Charlotte
> > Foust
> > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 11:02 AM
> > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> > Subject: RE: [AccessD] Virus mail
> >
> >
> > I use them as well, along with popup stopper and WinPatrol.
> >
> > Charlotte Foust
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software [mailto:bchacc at san.rr.com]
> > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 7:45 AM
> > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Virus mail
> >
> >
> > Keith:
> >
> > I have used both Adaware and Spybot successfully to keep my machine
> > clear of spyware and other nasties.  You might give them a try.  Both
> > free.
> >
> > Rocky
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Keith Williamson" <kwilliam at ashlandnet.com>
> > To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'"
> > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 5:45 AM
> > Subject: RE: [AccessD] Virus mail
> >
> >
> > > I seem to be getting quite a few at home, where suddenly my Norton
> > Antivirus
> > > blares at me that a virus (or malicious code) was detected in my IE
> > > temp folder.  The odd thing is that I may not have been doing anything
> >
> > > in IE
> > for
> > > some time, prior to that.  So....why is it suddenly found?  Why wasn't
> >
> > > it detected when it was downloaded?  Or....is my computer surfing the
> > > net, in the background, when I'm not looking?  I do weekly scans...and
> >
> > > Norton antivirus AND firewall are on my machine.  I am perplexed how
> > > the code managed to get past these, to even make it to my hard drive
> > > (being as how Norton appears to recognize it as malicious
> > > code....albeit, only after
> > being
> > > downloaded.)
> > >
> > > Don't know what is happening here.
> > >
> > > Keith E. Williamson
> > > Ashland Equipment, Inc
> > > phone # (410) 273-1856
> > > fax #     (410) 273-1859
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bryan
> > Carbonnell
> > > Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 10:00 PM
> > > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> > > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Virus mail
> > >
> > > On 23 Oct 2003 at 19:21, gus withington wrote:
> > >
> > > > you are not alone!!  even as a lurker I am getting too many to
> > > > count! and it seems to have increased in amount since I joined this
> > > > list
> > >
> > > It's not coming from the list. I can promise you that.
> > >
> > > I haven't been getting any at all and I don't have any filtering going
> >
> > > on.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Bryan Carbonnell - carbonnb at sympatico.ca
> > > If you never fail, you're not trying hard enough.
> > >
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