Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/20
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On 8/19/02 11:37 PM, "Brian Reid" <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> wrote:
> Please, please, everyone: people don't send viruses. Viruses send themselves,
> usually without the knowledge of the sending victim. Fred E. Jackson is a
> subscriber to the Rollei list. His computer is probably infected with the
> Badtrans virus. That virus looked into his mailbox, found all of the email
> addresses in it, and sent copies of itself to each.
>
> The Klez virus forges the identity of the sender; the Badtrans virus does not.
Not trying to teach granny to suck eggs, but the policy on the lists I run
is that up to date virus protection is a condition of membership of the
mailing list and any member who ('whose computer') sends a virus to the list
membership automatically disqualifies themselves for membership until they
can demonstrate they are virus free and protected.
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Johnny Deadman
http://www.pinkheadedbug.com
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