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Re: Arrrgghhh!!!!! (part deux)
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lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
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Tue, 16 Nov 2004 19:47:40 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, David Koudys wrote:
> Wasn't plugged into the high speed cable connex for more than 2 minute
> before pop-ups started appearing.
Sounds like when I was helping my brother get his new computer set up on Case's
campus. Connected to the gigabit fiber network in order to get the campus
Symantec antivirus program installed...but before the virus scan (on an empty
computer) could complete, the computer had rebooted itself thanks to some worm.
Anyway, I have every setting turned off in IE and use Mozilla instead. I've
started using Thunderbird too, but I'm annoyed by the fact that it opens emails
in order to sort them into the correct folders...in Outlook, I could delete
virus emails without getting the annoying "this email contains a virus" popups
from Norton. Thunderbird has also improperly truncated my folders a couple
times after trying to delete a virus, resulting in lost mail. Have yet to find
out if this has been fixed in version 0.9.
--Bram
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| (...) I'm using 0.9 and haven't noticed this behaviour, though I have never received an email with a virus, only spam, since I started using Thunderbird. I know it doesn't open the spam, it just moves it to my Junk folder where it sits unopened. As (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Arrrgghhh!!!!! (part deux)
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| So I purchased a brand spankin' new 'puter system yesterday ('cause EQ2's been out for over a week now and I'm missing the lands o' norrath...) and I takes the system to work, to configure it in my spare time. So I put XP Pro ion it, get all the (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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