Comments on: Trojan war http://www.jonreed.co.uk/blog/diary/trojan-war/ Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:35:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jon Reed http://www.jonreed.co.uk/blog/diary/trojan-war/comment-page-1/#comment-3356 Jon Reed Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:18:37 +0000 http://www.jonreed.co.uk/blog/jon-reeds-week/trojan-war/#comment-3356 Ugh, it's grim, isn't it? Actually, I have an even more annoying follow-up: although I think I did have virus problems, the main problem seems to have been BT. They have a new policy, which they didn't bother to tell me about, of automatically blocking any non-BT email accounts sent down their wires. Now, I have many different email accounts apart from btinternet.com, which I never use. That always used to be fine. Not any more, and there's a complex unblocking and verification procedure to go through. CBL notwithstanding, I should have known that only your ISP can block your outgoing mail (presumably by listing it in CBL themselves). Oh, and Norton? It's vile. Worse than any virus. It's stopping all my software from working properly. I'm having it removed, and <a href="http://www.avg.com/" rel="nofollow">AVG</a> installed instead. Ugh, it’s grim, isn’t it? Actually, I have an even more annoying follow-up: although I think I did have virus problems, the main problem seems to have been BT.

They have a new policy, which they didn’t bother to tell me about, of automatically blocking any non-BT email accounts sent down their wires. Now, I have many different email accounts apart from btinternet.com, which I never use. That always used to be fine. Not any more, and there’s a complex unblocking and verification procedure to go through. CBL notwithstanding, I should have known that only your ISP can block your outgoing mail (presumably by listing it in CBL themselves).

Oh, and Norton? It’s vile. Worse than any virus. It’s stopping all my software from working properly. I’m having it removed, and AVG installed instead.

]]> By: Jamie http://www.jonreed.co.uk/blog/diary/trojan-war/comment-page-1/#comment-3353 Jamie Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:17:45 +0000 http://www.jonreed.co.uk/blog/jon-reeds-week/trojan-war/#comment-3353 Huh, just going through exactly the same process. I never knew about CBL lists until this week. I look forward to seeing the back of them. Huh, just going through exactly the same process. I never knew about CBL lists until this week. I look forward to seeing the back of them.

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