Agreed Suzanne, I have used OE for years and never gotten a virus, but I am a responsible and sensible user too. Have a good anitivirus program and use my head about opening things. I did get a virus through my network once...had my Zone Alarm down at the time...that won't happen again! Lee Rhodes lenella@xxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "suzanne" <lailoken@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 6:07 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: WORM_URICK.A > > I hate to admit that I have also always used M$ products, but find them user > friendly and do what I want them to do... also have never been bitten... > *knock on weed... err wood* [that typo was too funny to backspace out] > even tho hundreds if not thousands of virus laden email have hit my account > in the past 6 years or so. > > if you are a responsible computer owner, keep your anti-virus files up to > date and configured correctly, don't open strange mail from ppl you don't > know, and realise that this attached screensaver or bat file from cousin > mary is something she would never send... you are probably as safe with an > M$ product as anything else. To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/