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Protecting Virus Attacks

Posted by Saboor Adem Monday, March 3, 2008

Protecting the Home Workstation from new Virus Attacks New viruses are continuously being released over the Internet. If you are already regularly patching and protecting your home machine against the latest viruses, then please disregard this document. Please note that infected workstations will cause slow network and browsing performance on Home Internet services. Please follow the three steps below to patch and clean your home PC:
Please visit the Microsoft Windows Update website to install the “critical updates”: http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp .(this could take some time over the dialup network; you can let it run overnight)
Please visit the following McAfee link to download the STINGER utility to clean any viruses: http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=stinger .
Please visit the following link to get the latest McAfee antivirus DAT file updates (or visit the website of your antivirus software manufacturer): http://www.nai.com/us/downloads/updates/dat_download.asp
It is recommended to have anti-virus software installed on any PC connected to the Home Internet network (dialup or ADSL). For more information and downloads about McAfee virus protection software. Failure to protect your home PC could result in infection and slow network and browsing performance for all Home Internet customers. I appreciate your efforts to secure the Home Internet network.

With regards,

Saboor Adem
IT Support
Saudi Aramco

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