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Story: Swen prevention and cure

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As a layman(an old one)I don't understand how Swen can get by the anti-virus in the first place let alone the firewall.A short time ago while running a free version of an anti-virus,I was at McAfee site where they offered to insert a temp virus that would delete itself within minutes and soon as they released it,my free version came on with a actual "bang"and captured it took it to the "Vault for safe storage.Whole thing was over in a heartbeat.All emails and attachments are scanned before they get to email page so why wouldn't that pickup and destroy the virus immediately?.McAfee also has an incredible program called the "Stinger",have you seen it?,watched it in action?.Also have that on desktop.With all the constant threats to our (my)systems today,all the fun and/or enjoyment of Internet is going away,hardly any desire to log on anymore.Can't for the life of me see what these sicko's get out of doing these things to innocent,unsuspecting people at home just trying to get a little enjoyment out of life.Anyway,am running McAfee full Suite 2004,plus ZoneAlarm Pro--do you think I am reasonably safe?.Thank you most kindly.Bruce

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