War of the Worms

emzee · Post by **emzee** » Tue May 17, 2005 1:33 am

I'm told there are serious worm attacks at the moment so watch out!

Gordon Gekko · Post by **Gordon Gekko** » Tue May 17, 2005 3:41 am

yikes

emzee · Post by **emzee** » Tue May 17, 2005 4:57 am

Got me...........on the foot.....which ............as usual............is ..............in ..........my...................mouth...........

Bluuuuuuuuuuuuurgh!

Nestor · Post by **Nestor** » Tue May 17, 2005 9:06 am

It's true, rise your firewall protection, even if your computer goes slower in the net, it really worths it.

Also, very important, do a ghost of your C system.

Michu · Post by **Michu** » Tue May 17, 2005 3:32 pm

beware of supersheep and homing pigeons

astroman · Post by **astroman** » Tue May 17, 2005 3:48 pm

well, NEVER connect a machine directly to the internet, use a router even for a single machine.

And to make it bulletproof:
spend 20 bucks on an old Mac to run an email client AND a 'personal web server' in your local net BEHIND the router/firewall combi.
Use it to receive mail, click any attachment - they won't harm you, definetely

Save 'good' attachments from friends and business partners to the folder that's published by the local web server (running on the 'invincible' old Mac).

Make a bookmark to that folder on your main machine to access those attachments in the latest and greates office and media formats (which the old Mac doesn't know about).

You'll never suffer from worm attacks anymore, you don't even need to worry about them. There is NO stuff out to compromise a Quadra or early PowerMac running OS8.
Including the router it's 100 bucks and an hour to setup

cheers, Tom

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Post by **hubird** » Tue May 17, 2005 5:47 pm

Make a bookmark to that folder on your main machine to access those attachments in the latest and greates office and media formats (which the old Mac doesn't know about).

genious