Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Ken Smith" <kens AT 180solutions.com>]

I'm not saying that there aren't email viruses.  There certainly are:
I'm an MCSE and network administrator myself.  I'm well aware of all the
email viruses that are out there (Melissa, Happy99, I Love You, Anna
Kournikova, etc.).  I've gotten plenty in my own inbox.  What I AM
saying is that 99.9% of the email virus *warnings* that I've ever
received ARE hoaxes.

It's one of my life's minor missions to beat into people's heads that
before they send *any* virus warning, or for that matter, any story
about little Johnny with no arms and legs who will get 1 cent from the
American Cancer Society for every friend you forward his email to, that
they just check with the relevant authorities.  For viruses, it's
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html.  For urban
legends, it's http://www.snopes2.com.

But that's WAY off-topic.  Sorry to have brought it up.

Ken Smith

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Hutchesson [mailto:mc2499 AT mclink.it]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 8:29 AM
> To: Biblical Hebrew
> Subject: Re: VIRUS WARNING
> 
> Ken,
> 
> There are sadly such things and they definitely aren't hoaxes. One is
only
> (or perhaps mainly) vulnerable to my knowledge if one uses Microsoft
> products, but the logic is relatively simple. MS software comes with
the
> ability to open attachments automatically enabled. I have received a
> number of posts with attachments that try to open themselves because
> they are scripted to do so. If you disable this ability, there is a
tiny
> bit more
> protection.
> 
> However, I have received a few posts recently pretending to be from a
> list administrator which are very large and which cause all sorts of
> problems if I even select them just to delete them.
> 
> Many viruses are not hoaxes and they're becoming more difficult deal
with
> manually.
> 
> 
> Ian
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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