Re: SULFNBK VIRUS

Besides, Captain doesn't have a spell-checker...

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----- Original Message -----
From: "WebGraffix Internet Design and Consulting" <Keith(at)webgraffix.com>
To: <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: SULFNBK VIRUS


> Mirya,
>
> The attitude that you have concerning the virus alerts are exactly what
the
> senders of such virus emails expect.  I would think that the more
responsible
> thing to do would be to investigate the validity of the alert using an
> established web site (such as www.cert.org) before doing ANYTHING to your
> computer, especially deleting files.  These types of emails, much like the
ones
> stating such things as "sign this and send it to someone else so that my 2
year
> old daughter can ...blah blah blah..." are one of the biggest nuisances on
the
> internet and are a threat to continued use of the internet as it presently
> exists.  (Laws don't mean a thing if they're not enforced).  I'm not
> cold-hearted or emotionless - I just hate people wasting my time with
hoaxes, or
> worse, with viruses.  Just simply don't open any attachment to any email
you
> receive that you are not expecting and you will eliminate 90% of your
worry
> about getting a virus.
>
> Rather than chastise Captain for his response (which in my opinion is
brutally
> honest, though maybe not as "polished" a response as you would have
liked), my
> opinion is that he has a very valid argument (about the sending of the
emails to
> everyone you know, not about being dropped on your head as a child).  One
of the
> primary means of virus propagation is by the virus-infected email being
sent to
> recipients of a person's address book.
>
> Hope you don't add me to your "ignore list", just trying to help.
>
> --
> Keith D. Sellars
> WebGraffix
> www.webgraffix.com
> email: Keith(at)WebGraffix.com
>
> "Database solutions for information packed web sites"
>
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>
> Mirya Glover wrote:
>
> > Captain,
> >     There is no reason to be an ass about it........sheesh..... i made a

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