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Re: Suggestions for Virus Management
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Sat, 4 Dec 1999 21:59:29 GMT
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DaveS <davestea@jps.SPAMCAKEnet>
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Hi -
Yes I too received this virus - I did not open it though. We had a copy
of it sent to where I work so I knew of it. I hope that very few of you got
infected.
Regards -
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: Evil Mechatron <kbmarsha@eos.ncsu.edu>
To: Faris Gammoh <fgammo@po-box.mcgill.ca>
Cc: Handy Board Mailing List <handyboard@media.mit.edu>; KwangJu, Lee
<kjlee@scai.snu.ac.kr>
Sent: Saturday, December 04, 1999 8:32 AM
Subject: Suggestions for Virus Management
> I'm inclined to agree. These things are not easy to trace. I think
> this guy was one of those people who wouldn't process the unsubscribe
> correctly. But, honestly, I can't find his name in my records. So
> really, I don't know who this guy is, let alone try to get an idea of
> whether or not he's ticked-off with our group...
>
> Recently, I had a virus sent to me by a reputable company. The guy who
> sent it to me was somebody I knew enough to trust with an attachment.
> His email address book had been compromised when he downloaded
> something. After I got the virus, I had to notify everybody that I
> correspond with....
>
> Frankly, I can relate to Mr. Gammoh's anger. I don't take kindly to my
> data/property being vandalized by anyone. This sort of action is the
> sort of thing I'm inclined to open a can of whoopass over. These sorts
> of things are not easily tracked. It's also like being shafted on the
> highway. You can spend hours following someone to exact revenge... or
> just let it go. Honestly, it's better to let it go. Upset is what
> these people live for...
>
>
> My suggestion: Run virus checks regularly. Back regularly... You're
> damned to have to deal with this crap. Unfortunately, there's no law
> enforcement in this medium. Actually, I think that would make it
> worse. This is a small price to pay to share ideas with people like
> yourselves. At least, that's how I see it...
>
> I am proud to be part of this learning exchange. I feel that I have
> benefited greatly from it. My lab has made new business contacts and
> grown from the insights that you've all offered. I continue to look
> forward to the new things I can learn from all of you...
>
> Kent
>
> Faris Gammoh wrote:
>
> > This is the person I received the email >from,I think all of you will
> > confirm the same name....
> >
> >
>
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> I'm inclined to agree. These things are not easy to trace. I think this
guy was one of those people who wouldn't process the unsubscribe correctly.
But, honestly, I can't find his name in my records. So really, I don't know
who this guy is, let alone try to get an idea of whether or not he's
ticked-off with our group...
> Recently, I had a virus sent to me by a reputable company. The guy who
sent it to me was somebody I knew enough to trust with an attachment. His
email address book had been compromised when he downloaded something. After
I got the virus, I had to notify everybody that I correspond with....
>
> Frankly, I can relate to Mr. Gammoh's anger. I don't take kindly to my
data/property being vandalized by anyone. This sort of action is the sort
of thing I'm inclined to open a can of whoopass over. These sorts of things
are not easily tracked. It's also like being shafted on the highway. You
can spend hours following someone to exact revenge... or just let it go.
Honestly, it's better to let it go. Upset is what these people live for...
>
>
> My suggestion: Run virus checks regularly. Back regularly... You're
damned to have to deal with this crap. Unfortunately, there's no law
enforcement in this medium. Actually, I think that would make it worse.
This is a small price to pay to share ideas with people like yourselves. At
least, that's how I see it...
>
> I am proud to be part of this learning exchange. I feel that I have
benefited greatly from it. My lab has made new business contacts and grown
from the insights that you've all offered. I continue to look forward to
the new things I can learn from all of you...
>
> Kent
>
> Faris Gammoh wrote:
>
> This is the person I received the email >from,I think all of you will • confirm the same name....
>
>
> Kwang-Joo Lee
>
> Artificial Intelligence Lab
> Dept. of Computer Engineering
> Seoul National University
> Seoul 151-742, Korea
> Office: 301-417
> Phone: +82-2-880-1835
> Fax: +82-2-875-2240
> Email: kjlee@scai.snu.ac.kr
> Personal home page: http://scai.snu.ac.kr/~kjlee
>
>
>
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