What does this have to do with meteorites?
Jonathan M. Gore [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Wonderful Albert Einstein & Wolfgang Mozart ----- Original Message ----- From: "azaware" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 12:59 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] [OT] Re: Norton behind the Virus (!?) | Oh no not another Norton employee. You sound like you graduated from the | school of Bill Clinton, belittle the messenger. | | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Mark Miconi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | To: "azaware" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 9:22 AM | Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] [OT] Re: Norton behind the Virus (!?) | | | > Having worked in the computer industry for almost 16 years I can tell you | > that viruses and their spread are the product of 2 things in this order: | > | > 1). Computer experts that have nothing better to do then find a way to | show | > their talent by creating a virus. | > 2). Malicious individuals that seek to cause havoc for various reasons. | > | > The reason that they are so prolific and spread so easily is that most of | > the users in this world are ignorant enough to believe that they will | never | > be infected. These are the same individuals that fall for telephone scams, | > buy the Banjo Minnow, and believe that they can swallow a pill and lose 50 | > pounds in 6 weeks. These people are found in the dictionary....look under | > clueless and victims for pictures. | > | > Anyone that would even begin to believe that a company like | > Symantec(Nortons) would deliberately create a virus to sell their product | > regularly drink their own bath water and have a family tree that does not | > branch. | > | > With the general public walking about so completely clueless it would be a | > waste of capital for a company to invest in a R & D program to create | > something that already is being made for free and that the mainstream | > population is so willing to spread. | > | > There is a moral to all of this....Milk does not come from a jug, crime is | > not something that happens to your neighbor and being on the internet | > without virus protection is just plain stupid. | > | > Mark M. | > Arizona | > ----- Original Message ----- | > From: azaware <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 2:35 AM | > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] [OT] Re: Norton behind the Virus (!?) | > | > | > > Below is a weeks worth of emails sent to me with viruses. I will grant | you | > > there really are some real lunatics out there, but what are we talking | > about | > > a couple ok 5 all right 10 a week. The reason I get so many is because | > this | > > Email is 7 years old, so I'm on every kind of list out there. I remember | > > when we didn't have viruses or Norton and now we have Norton and | viruses. | > I | > > wouldn't be surprise if Norton the company were started from the guys | who | > > started sending virus. I remember the first viruses, I can see it now | the | > > guy thought wow I can give this guy a virus then he can call me to fix | it. | > > And now you can call Norton on the phone and for $35 + $99 will help you | > get | > > it off. You almost sound like you work for Norton and this is something | > > Norton would not want to get around, because until now they was this | great | > > savor. Ok have the big guy at Norton give me a call I could be quit for | a | > > price! Other wise I going to expose those s.o.b's. Now you see all these | > > emails. I hardly think kids or these other people are going to go to | this | > > great length to take the time to send out this many viruses with all | these | > > different email address. | > > | > > | > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > | > > | > > ----- Original Message ----- | > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > > Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 12:18 AM | > > Subject: [meteorite-list] [OT] Re: Norton behind the Virus (!?) | > > | > > | > > > Dear Ken, Kim and List: | > > > | > > > I realize this is more than a little OT and probably wasting some | > > > people's time -- so I apologize in advance -- but I just couldn't | > > > resist. Of all the weird things I've seen on the M-List (and there | > > > have been plenty), accusing Symantec of creating new viruses in order | > > > to sell their own products is one of the nuttiest . . . right up | > > > there with the Frass meteorite even! | > > > | > > > Kim posted: | > > > | > > > > Norton has to behind this, who else is making out. | > > > > Norton paying these guys to this. | > > > | > > > | > > > Ken posted: | > > > | > > > >I agree with you, Norton was behind this! | > > > >I vowed then and there not to buy their product! | > > > | > > > | > > > People create viruses for all sorts of reasons: Kids do it for fun; | > > > anarchists do it because it's anarchistic; hackers target companies | > > > they don't like; disgruntled employees ditto; and so on. In the | > > > hacker subculture it is a major status symbol to have created a virus | > > > that's caused international mayhem. You may not have encountered | > > > these types of characters in real life but I have, and I assure you | > > > they are active, numerous, and damn clever. I suppose you could say | > > > they are the digital age's version of the neighborhood prankster. | > > > Some have eventually been employed by our own government, in a sort | > > > of "If we can't beat them, get them on the payroll" scenario. | > > > | > > > Symantec -- the company that manufactures Norton Antivirus, Norton | > > > Utilities, Systemworks, etc. -- is an excellent outfit and in my | > > > opinion vital to the professional computer user. I couldn't have kept | > > > my numerous computer stations running all these years with them. I've | > > > employed nearly all of their products for as long as I've been using | > > > computers for a living. They've helped me root out all kinds of virus | > > > trouble, hardware problems, prevented hackers getting into my | > > > systems, and on and on. | > > > | > > > I don't want to waste the List's time with OT discussions, but -- no | > > > offense intended -- your statements are absolute nonsense, and could | > > > actually be damaging by negatively influencing List subscribers who | > > > might otherwise buy these useful products. Hence the rebuttal. | > > > | > > > We all get angry over virus issues, and really I do sympathize with | > > > you guys, but posting preposterous statements about one of the few | > > > companies that combats the problem is not going to help. If you would | > > > like to discuss this further, please write to me off-List. I would be | > > > happy to furnish you with additional information on the subject that | > > > may be useful to you. | > > > | > > > | > > > Sincerely, | > > > | > > > Geoff N. | > > > www.notkin.net | > > > www.paleozoic.org | > > > | > > > | > > > ______________________________________________ | > > > Meteorite-list mailing list | > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list | > > > | > > | > > | > > | > > | > > ______________________________________________ | > > Meteorite-list mailing list | > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list | > > | > | > | | | | | ______________________________________________ | Meteorite-list mailing list | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list | ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
