atw: Re: Virus/Worm postings

Dear Chris (Lofting).

In case you haven't been paying attention, Austechwriter @ Freelists.org 
removes all attachments before forwarding E-mails to this list.

There is no possibility, whatsoever, of catching a computer virus from a 
plain text E-mail unless, like one member on this list who shall remain 
nameless to cover his incompetence, you fail to follow a plain text 
instruction written for someone else, delete all your document and Windows 
system Dynamic Link Library files and try to rename them by best guesses in 
the Windows Recycle Bin, instead of simply restoring them from there.

The Biddleonean Computer Virus is alive and well, in some members of this 
list who purport to be computer and Operating System experts.

Enough said.

Michael Granat
Write Ideas

At 00:32 1/10/2003 +1000, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>an observation:
>
>(1) This list goes through one of my email addresses (austarmetro) and all
>of my other lists through a different one (ozemail).
>(2) I have been getting a glut of virus/worm emails of the 'security update'
>etc type (145K files approx) on my austarmetro account.
>(3) When the list goes 'quiet' on weekends the glut slows and even stops
>such that there is the suggestion here that the glut is possibly linked to
>this list in some way or to a member's work computer system.
>
>I filter through mailwasher etc so catch and delete/bounce these files.
>(version 2 of mailwasher is available at:
>
>http://www.mailwasher.net/ )
>
>I suggest that the list itself be checked where it is distributing these
>files (I assume here that others have the same pattern in distribution) - or
>the virus/worm is on the freelists server etc.
>
>I also suggest that list members do a virus/worm check ASAP. If you do not
>have a checker then use the free one at symantec's website that enables an
>online scan of one's PC for current virus/worms:
>
>http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?productid=symhome&langid=ie&v
>enid=sym
>
>It takes time but will be worth the effort to ensure no virus/worm is
>present.
>
>Chris.

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