[Towertalk] RE: WinProxy

[Dan Hammill]

I'm running WinProxy with the anti-virus option on my StarBand
2-way satellite setup with Win2K Pro, and it works just fine.
I configured it to run as a service instead of as an application.
It's been transparent as far as speed goes, and it has had no
trouble processing simultaneous accesses from five workstations,
including the one it's hosted on (a P2/400 w/ 384MB RAM).

Good product.

As an aside, I know the AV is updating regularly, but I've not
seen any intrusion attempts via StarBand yet.  I'm sure the bad
guys will catch up with them eventually.

73,
Dan  KB5MY

> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-admin@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Guy Olinger, K2AV
> Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 20:01
> To: Stu Greene; TowerTalk
> Subject: Re: [Towertalk] Klez
> 
> 
> An alternate some may wish to consider is a program called WinProxy
> from a company called Ositis. It is a firewall. I have it on the
> computer that talks to the DSL modem.
> 
> It filters incoming html, email, downloads, inside zip files, and some
> other stuff as well. It also filters outgoing. It does not appear to
> slow down the effective line download speed, which PCPitStop measures
> at 1250K, from any of the boxes behind the firewall. 1250 is what I
> get plugged directly into the modem. I have never gotten the 1500 max
> here. It also handles user lists, DHCP and a bunch of other heavy duty
> stuff.
> 
> Every half hour it pings its virus definition site and receives a CRC
> in return. If the return is different from the CRC that goes with its
> current file, it upgrades, immediately. It updated tonight at 9:33 pm.
> 
> It does not mess around with virus content. It is removed and replaced
> with a note. It will also send an email to a specified address
> indicating the action, which I have enabled.
> 
> I have Norton AV 2002 on my box with the email, browser, etc, which
> scans every hard and removable drive in the house every night (has
> them all defined as network drives). This because some files get
> brought from work. Norton also scans incoming and outgoing email.
> 
> So far the WinProxy has never passed a virus on to Norton. Norton has
> found stuff on incoming floppies.
> 
> I am up to four or five hits a day on average. I got 16 once. Klez is
> the most frequent player these days, although the Snow White thing
> still shows up.
> 
> If I take any significant number of my family out for dinner, I spend
> a lot more money than these programs and their subscriptions.
> 
> Having in the past had to clean up the mess a virus made, I would
> estimate the anger, upset, loss of time and data well into the $1000
> range, with some loss non-estimable.
> 
> WinProxy and NAV pay for themselves every day.
> 
> I find it nearly incomprehensible that they are not as common as mice
> and monitors.
> 
> 73, y'all
> 
> Guy.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stu Greene" <wa2moe@firstinter.net>
> To: "jsschuster" <jsschuster@snet.net>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 4:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [Towertalk] Klez
> 
> 
> > At 04:08 PM 5/7/02 +0000, jsschuster wrote:
> > >I just got hit for the second time with W32.klez.gen@mm...at least
> > >that's what my Norton Antivirus calls it. When I started
> downloading
> > >email, I got the Norton alert, went thru the recommended steps to
> clear
> > >it, and then tried to download mail again after Norton said it was
> > >successfiul in quarantining it. The same thing happened. I did not
> open
> > >it. I had to have my ISP delete that first email at the Server to
> clear
> > >the problem. 73   JACK
> >
> > Why quarantine?  I'd choose delete.
> >
> > Eventually, quarantined files have to be removed because the virus
> is in an
> > electronic cage on your hard drive ready to leap.
> >
> >   Delete.  Norton will get upset and warn you, once deleted, gone.
> Isn't
> > that what you want?
> >
> >
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