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To: Herb Fuller who wrote (1515)	1/16/1998 3:32:00 PM
From: Fridrik Skulason	Respond to of 1894

Re: "My only question would be is . If the above is true , that the name has nothing to do with it , why does McAfee ask you to update their virus scan data periodicly ?" To add search "strings", and other detection/identification and disinfection data. The name is, well...mostly irrelevant - after all, anti-virus producers do not agree on the names of the majority of existing viruses.

To: Herb Fuller who wrote (1515)	1/16/1998 4:38:00 PM
From: Bill Ulrich	Respond to of 1894

Herb, to further Fridik's explanation of search strings, anti-virus companies typically refer to updating your virus profiles not really the names themselves. Your virus profile database will be updated to include variants on established strings of code which fit a common profile of wreaking computer mayhem. That's why &#147McAfee asks you to update their virus scan data periodically&#148 -MrB

To: Herb Fuller who wrote (1515)	1/22/1998 12:28:00 AM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1894

Herb, a neat trick I found... As Navigator is loading a Web site, you can quickly check the status of your network sockets by pressing [Ctrl][Alt]T. When you do, Navigator will continue to load the site as it displays a message box containing the following information: * # of URLs waiting for an open socket * # of URLs waiting for fewer active URLs * # of open connections * # of active URLs From--Stuart A Martin [Stuart_Martin@MAILHOST.NET] But what does it all mean? GM Has anybody seen Iceberg?