Earthlink VIRUS blocker

I posted this elsewhere, then decided some people here might find it
helpful.

.max

> I stumbled across this yesterday
> <http://www.earthlink.net/home/benefits/virusblocker/>
> 
> from the cited url:
> 
> <block quote>
> Using the industry-leading technology from Symantec Corporation, Virus 
> Blocker automatically scans all your incoming email messages while 
> they're still on EarthLink servers‹before you even download them to your 
> computer. 
> 
> If Virus Blocker finds a virus in your incoming email, we'll send you a 
> note to let you know!
> 
> Virus Blocker will: 
>    €  scan every incoming message
>    €  clean your messages or attachments to remove any viruses, when 
> possible
>    €  quarantine your message online if it can't be cleaned
>    €  delete the entire message (if it's nothing but a virus)
> </block quote>
> 
> I turned it on yesterday at 2 p.m. and have not getten ANY of that 
> damnable SWEN since.   Seems to work well -- provisionally, I give it a 
> ++ thumbs up. 
> 
> If you're on earthlink and you're getting hammered by swen, this seems 
> like a good solution.

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