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Re: Ignore my last email it was a precaution
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Fri, 5 May 2000 00:06:51 GMT
Original-From: 
Henrik LINUX MASTER <h.holmberg@cyberpointNOMORESPAM.se>
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I use a Linuxbox to get rid of viruses before they reach my Windoze systems ;)


/Henrik

----- Original Message -----
From: "DonC" <donc@cccd.edu>
To: <lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 12:48 AM
Subject: Re: Ignore my last email it was a precaution


"Dave Johann" <hardcoredj@techie.com> wrote:

Heh, heh, heh...Why use anything less? Too many viruses floating around made
the
choice easy for me. Graphics and educational resources also spurred my
decision,
but that gap is closing fast.

Got a life? Get a Mac.

This is a simple "trust the mail reader to click on the script to run
it" type of virus.  Why someone would run, in this case, a VBS file
without looking at it first is a little strange to me. I think that a
MAC has scripting languages also and, if the user ran the script,
would be just as messed up. I am not putting MAC's down in any way. It
is the user that is getting him/herself into trouble.

Users need to be more careful on what they get from the NET and what
they do with them. Many companies have policies about running stuff
from e-mail. Guess that a lot of people will actually read the
procedure now, <G>
---
    DonC
    donc@cccd.edu




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(...) This is a simple "trust the mail reader to click on the script to run it" type of virus. Why someone would run, in this case, a VBS file without looking at it first is a little strange to me. I think that a MAC has scripting languages also (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.robotics)

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