Very true. I misread and of course misspoke. I had worms on the mind. I'll try
to be more accurate in the future.
"Bruce Chambers" wrote in message
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Greetings --

Point of fact, Mr. Chairman: Sasser is a Worm, not a virus;
completely different means of propagation. The original statement
stands: firewalls do _not_ detect or prevent viruses.

Bruce Chambers
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"Unknown" wrote in message
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If you had your firewall on you would not get the sasser virus. But
if off,
you'll be very lucky if you lasted 5 minutes.