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June 6, 2001 at 04:10 AM
jdii1215

Virus Hoaxes

by jdii1215 . Updated 25 years ago

Here is a very useful URL for very accurate virus hoax info:
http://www.f-secure.com/
They have CERT/AVERT subscriptions to most teams world-wide and update nightly, and the site and hoax database are publicly accessible right now.

Norton Antivirus 2001 has automatic VBS blocking for VBS Script runs from a remote connection. This blocks “push” loaded scripts. They include these known malicious scripts in the virus protection list under the Scripting subheading. As both are updated weekly or more often, you can do a pre-determination by checking this subheading, then cross-check with f-secure.

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