Richard Periut > wrote in
:

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> "Rick & Cyndi" > wrote in news:_Pzsb.135086
>> $275.399391@attbi_s53:
>>
>>
>>>"Bob Pastorio" > wrote in message
...
>>>: Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>>: > Mail is bouncing -- sez you're over quota. Fix it.
>>>:
>>>: Yes, Mother...
>>>:
>>>: It's all that spam and those wonderful viruses. I think I'm
>>>about to
>>>: munge my address and just dump the one I've been using for all
>>>these
>>>: years.
>>>:
>>>: Typical day is about 600 emails of which maybe two or three
>>>dozen mean
>>>: anything important.
>>>:
>>>: Pastorio
>>>: ===========
>>>
>>>Hey Bob,
>>>
>>>When those 'Microsoft' viruses started we switched from Norton to
>>>Zone Alarm and have not had the headaches and crammed-full Inbox
>>>like we did before. It costs about the same as the Norton did
>>>but seems to work a lot better.
>>>
>>>DISCLAIMER: I don't work for them or know anybody that does. I'm
>>>not a doctor nor do I play one on TV. LOL
>>>
>>>Here's their site if you want to check them out:
>>>
>>>http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/home.jsp
>>>
>>>Cyndi
>>>(remove a "b" to reply)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> Maybe it's overkill, but I use Zone Alarm as a firewall, Grisoft's
>> AVG anti-virus software, and Mailwasher. Since using these I have
>> never had a virus successfully invade my PC and SPAM mail has been
>> reduced to 1 or 2 per week.
>>
>> Wayne
>
> Wayne, I use mailwasher and McAffee's firewall. I use Norton as
> antivirus, but still get about 20 to 30 e-mails a day from "microsoft"
> patches, warnings, et cetera. I don't know what the heck is going on,
> and I'm a step away from changing my main e-mail; something I would
> like to avoid since I have many important business and professional
> contacts through there, and am listed in a couple of guides under this
> e-mail.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard
>

You process is absolutely on target, but I pesonally don't like either
McAffee or Norton. That's the reason I chose ZA and AVG. In my work for
various companies I have been forced to use McAffee and Norton. In most
cases it was easy to see many of the gaps they have.

Wayne