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| Thread ID: 22420 | 2002-07-20 23:45:00 | XTRA | Baldy (26) | Press F1 |
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| 63938 | 2002-07-20 23:45:00 | I like the new email notification you will get from Xtra if you send/receive an email containing a known virus . AND I like the way they are going to email the person that sends the virus, so that person can clean thier computers . Some people haven't got a clue that thier computers are infected . . . . . . . All email attachments sent to or from an Xtra mailbox are scanned before being delivered to individual mailboxes . If a virus is detected, the virus is destroyed and the cleaned email (without the virus infected attachment) is sent to the intended recipient with a message advising that a virus has been found and deleted . In certain instances, where Xtra is unable to isolate and remove the virus, the attached file or the email itself will be deleted along with the virus . When the cleaned email is delivered, the intended recipient will receive a message that looks like this: ------------ Virus Warning Message ------------ Found virus WORM_NAVIDAD . E in file Emanuel . exe The uncleanable file is deleted . For more information regarding Xtra's anti-virus email filter please visit . co . nz/anti-virus" target="_blank">xtra . co . nz ------------------------------------------------ The sender of the infected email will also automatically receive a message from Xtra telling them that an email they sent contained a virus . The message the sender will get looks like this: -------------------------------------------------- The attachment Emanuel . exe in an email from you to j . bloggs@xtra . co . nz contains a virus WORM_NAVIDAD . E and the uncleanable file has been deleted . For more information regarding Xtra's anti-virus email filter system, please visit . co . nz/anti-virus" target="_blank">xtra . co . nz ---------------------------------------------------- Is there any other ISP doing the same? Regards, BALDY |
Baldy (26) | ||
| 63939 | 2002-07-21 00:17:00 | Finally Xtra is doing something good for a change, there are a few other ISP's that offer virus protection, most of them I think charge extra $$ though but I'm not completely sure. | Sam H (525) | ||
| 63940 | 2002-07-21 00:25:00 | Why don't they spend that 300,000 user virus scanner licence money on providing some bandwidth for P2P instead. Mail virus scanning should be an opt-in choice. I have no need nor want for that (but I bet some of my monthly bill is going towards scanning some other moron's virus infected mail). |
BIFF (1) | ||
| 63941 | 2002-07-21 00:31:00 | That's a good point you've made there BIFF. | Sam H (525) | ||
| 63942 | 2002-07-21 00:53:00 | Man, you can't please everyone, can you? Don't do it and they get caned, do it and they get caned. Well, I for one am quite glad they have this scan filter on for free. |
nzStan (440) | ||
| 63943 | 2002-07-21 01:11:00 | Bravo Telecom, I think this is fantastic..... I think its great that anyone who is inadvertently sending out emails that contain a virus, will get a notification from Xtra - and there have been a number of posts here, asking how you find out who sent you a virus. So kudos to Xtra for that! |
dot_com (558) | ||
| 63944 | 2002-07-21 01:17:00 | I remember them promising that when I first signed up - 7 years ago... | Elwin Way (229) | ||
| 63945 | 2002-07-21 01:24:00 | Jeez Biff, Don't you think its a great idea that you are going to get notification of who the "Moron" is (as you put it) that has sent yoiu an infected email? Or are you worried that your "friends" might find that you are sending THEM infected files? So part of your monthly bill is going towards something you neither need, nor want...... maybe Telecom are trying to protect others from YOU. I applaud Telecom. I think its a rather strange attitude to flame them for doing something proactive. |
dot_com (558) | ||
| 63946 | 2002-07-21 01:29:00 | Sounds good to me - you can never have to much virus protection as far as i am concerned . >1Mail virus scanning should be an opt-in choice . I have no need nor want for that (but I bet some of my monthly bill is going towards scanning some other moron's virus infected mail) . Biff only prob with the opt-in choice would be the people that should be opting for it wouldn't . I always keep up to date on a . v updates, but there was a prime case the other day of an experienced regular on F1 getting caught out only a few hours after getting the latest defs, and maybe it might catch something before we have the defs installed, which i would be appreciative of anyway!! On the cost point i hope they won't up our monthly bill for it but no doubt they will . |
J ZEP (336) | ||
| 63947 | 2002-07-21 01:43:00 | I believe Xtra should be commended for this. I am amazed that some p2p advocates are grumbling. These are the people who are using the backbone of the internet structure for an often pecuniary purpose, utilising bandwidth in a non-diversified way, which is costing all internet users more money?. Consider what it would cost you to swap music, games, files etc on a dedicated p2p network....where little or no diversity was available. You are heavily subsidised in your activity now. It should be non p2p users complaining |
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