Anit-Virus help for all of us??????

Niels Bakker niels=nanog at bakker.net
Mon Nov 24 21:54:56 UTC 2003


* Richard at mandarin.com (Richard Cox) [Mon 24 Nov 2003, 20:30 CET]:
> 
> The latest version of Zone Alarm Pro does stop all applications from
> accessing the net outbound unless specifically authorised, and it does
> check the executable by checksum to make sure it hasn't been changed.

Right up to the moment the end user, annoyed by the continuous popups,
authorises mshtml.dll - which is used by several malicious-by-design
worms (including Outlook).


	-- Niels.



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