Re: Warning!

You're welcome! :-)

I'm glad it helped at least 1 person... which was my main
intention! I didn't send that message to make any trouble
or because I wanted revenge or anything.

Cya
Mark Sorensen
marksor(at)vic.bigpond.net.au
http://digitalworld.cjb.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Consult-Eco <stevemc(at)consult-eco.ndirect.co.uk>
To: Mark Sorensen <marksor(at)vic.bigpond.net.au>
Sent: Wednesday, 7 April 1999 8:44
Subject: Re: Warning!


> Dear Mark,
> 
> As far as I am concerned - Thanks very much indeed for your warning - it
> certainly saved me from opening the Fullers message.
> 
> Cheers and take care.
> 
> Steve.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Sorensen <marksor(at)vic.bigpond.net.au>
> To: Fullers <fullers(at)quadro.net>; Scott Bowling <scottbff(at)erols.com>;
> HWG - Critique List <hwg-critique(at)hwg.org>
> Date: 07 April 1999 09:51
> Subject: Re: Warning!
> 
> 
> >Ok, thanks for telling me.
> >
> >I apologise to "Fullers" ... I thought it was a deliberate personal
> >attack on me because he didn't like my web site or its content...
> >
> >And as for it being "against the rules" to post virus alerts, I just
> >thought I was doing everyone a favour by alerting them to the
> >fact that someone in the list is sending the Happy99.exe virus,
> >and they should watch out for it.
> >
> >No offence/trouble was intended.
> >
> >Please make sure you use a virus checker though.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Mark Sorensen
> >marksor(at)vic.bigpond.net.au
> >http://digitalworld.cjb.net
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Scott Bowling <scottbff(at)erols.com>
> >To: Mark Sorensen <marksor(at)vic.bigpond.net.au>
> >Sent: Wednesday, 7 April 1999 3:33
> >Subject: Re: Warning!
> >
> >
> >> Mark Sorensen wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Just a quick warning to watch out for some idiot
> >> > called "Fullers" <fullers(at)quadro.net> who likes to
> >> > send people the HAPPY99.exe Virus as a file
> >> > attachment.
> >> >
> >> The "idiot" as you put it is not aware that the email with the
> attached
> >> Happy99.exe file is being sent. That's the nature of the viral agent,
> as
> >> it sends itself out as a separate email in conjunction with any valid
> >> email sent out by the user.
> >>
> >> Posting to the HWG (and most other) lists about any virus is against
> the
> >> list rules, but I'm sure you'll hear about that officially.
> >>
> >> In any event, it does little good to call unsuspecting and uninformed
> >> people names. If you want to be helpful at all then you should send a
> >> polite email to the affected party explaining how to fic the problem.
> >> This is especially easy since the Happy99 agent can be easily removed
> >> with a few manual steps in DOS (or with any of the various fixes
> >> available online). You could also do some good by recommending that
> >> people install virus scanning software and keep it up to date.
> Reminding
> >> people of the hazards of running attached programs or even loading MS
> >> Office files (shades of the macro virus, like Melissa) would also be
> a
> >> good thing.
> >>
> >> And it's best if it's done with polite concern. People need to be
> >> informed and not needlessly abused. Having a nasty virus infecting
> their
> >> system is enough abuse, after all.
> >>
> >> So just tell them about it and keep it off the list.
> >>
> >> Sorry for the rant but thanks for listening.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Scott Bowling
> >> scottbff(at)erols.com
> >
> 
> 

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