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"Nuke and Pave" LOL, its not a mac dude.\ the pickle wrote: > I mostly think he was kidding... I really enjoyed the doc's post, I also read the page posted by Joost. :/ Heck, truth be told, I dont mind Kate Bush either. >>Wow, I really could not be less impressed. I'm staggered just how awe ins

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my current favorite is sophos, they have mac and pc versions (though the mac version probably requires a power pc, i haven't checked). you can download a "demo" free, but it doesn't seem to expire, which is good as it's very expensive, though i would encourage any corporate user to pay for it.

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> >But seriously, what I desperately need to know is what's the best >antivirus program for today's peecee's, a W98 box specifically. Norton? > >Still OT, but that *is* where I started out before wandering into this >particular linguistic thicket. > >Bob F (who never took Latin) My vote is for Vir

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On Friday, October 18, 2002, at 08:12 AM, ELN/rlf9 wrote: > But seriously, what I desperately need to know is what's the best > antivirus program for today's peecee's, a W98 box specifically. Norton? > > Still OT, but that *is* where I started out before wandering into this > particular linguisti

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>Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 00:04:16 +0200 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dr.O.M.Betz) >Subject: Re: Virus message? > >>>From: Darren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>Subject: Re: Virus message? >>> >>>Ahh, >>>http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&

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At 10:27 +1000 on 18/10/02, Darren wrote: >Gee whiz doc. >Can people with such superior intellect learn to cut footers from their >replies. I mostly think he was kidding... >Wow, I really could not be less impressed. I'm staggered just how awe inspiring >that isn't. Thanks for the laugh. Barbari

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Goes round, comes around, Marten You could try some of your own advice more often. There is no inferiority this side of the keyboard my friend and your bait is stale. Its nice to know your thinking of me though. Marten van de Kraats wrote: > Darren, > > Please keep your inferiority complex to yo

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Darren, Please keep your inferiority complex to yourself and treat other list members with respect. Education is a good thing. More education is a better thing. Maybe you should start reading some books and newspapers yourself. Marten >Gee whiz doc. >Can people with such superior intellect l

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Gee whiz doc. Can people with such superior intellect learn to cut footers from their replies. Dr.O.M.Betz wrote: > small snip > > OM (who started Latin when he was 10 years old, in a country where lots and > lots of barbarians think "antibiotika" is a singular noun...)[Shake] Wow, I really cou

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ELN/rlf9 wrote: > So, what is the best PC pgm for finding virii? (This from a country where > "millenia" is now commonly used in print as a singular noun and > "milleniums" is the plural. Then there's "phenomena"... [I could go on > and on]). I need to get one. Kaspersky has advantages over

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Joost van de Griek writes: >On 2002-10-16 05:14, "Darren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> ... virii ... > >Aargh. Please stop it. > >It's either viruses, or possibly virus. Definitely not virii. In medicine and biology, it's viruses. In the computing world, despite the objections of Latin schola

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Andrew Main writes: >My ISP just notified me of a "possible virus" in a quarantined >message, which purports to be >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> That should tip you off -- we're hosted at maclaunch.com. > with the >Subject: Compact Macs Digest #1328 >When I opened the message in the ISP's Web int

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>>From: Darren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: Re: Virus message? >> >>Ahh, >>http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=mac+virii >>, notice the "virii" in the search, led me to >>http://vx.netlux.org/bin_exot

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>>I'm still refusing to use "myriad" as a noun, too (as in "a myriad of" >>something), because it just sounds wrong. "Myriad" is and always will be an >>adjective Funny. Just the opposite thing here. In German, "Myriaden" (translation for "myriads") is common, and there is *no* adjective derived

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At 12:31 PM -0400 10/17/2002, the pickle wrote: >At 12:11 -0400 on 17/10/02, ELN/rlf9 wrote: > >>"millenia" is now commonly used in print as a singular noun and > >That's entirely the fault of Mazda, because "millenia (sic)" isn't >even a word. >The plural of "millennium" (note the second 'n') is

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At 12:11 -0400 on 17/10/02, ELN/rlf9 wrote: >"millenia" is now commonly used in print as a singular noun and That's entirely the fault of Mazda, because "millenia (sic)" isn't even a word. The plural of "millennium" (note the second 'n') is "millennia." Stupid advertising departments... I'm sti

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>From: Darren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Virus message? > >Ahh, >http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=mac+virii >, notice the "virii" in the search, led me to >http://vx.netlux.org/bin_exotic_mac.shtml >So much

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I'll try again, if there's a reply (I think the servers limit is 4 hours) I will honor the bet for black as no reply was entered for blue. I did test the address twice before my first post. :) Sorry Stuart but its a au$180 difference. ;) I may need a witness. What goes around, comes around if it

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BTW, you definitely owe me a bottle of Johnnie Walker, because that address did *not* bounce ;) -- the pickle FAQ Software Archive __

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Ahh, http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=mac+virii , notice the "virii" in the search, led me to http://vx.netlux.org/bin_exotic_mac.shtml So much for your theory, call them matchbooks for all I care. PC users, be warned. Mac files are archived, pc files are NOT. Norton'

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Yo compacters everywhere, Our -p sez: >Nothing to worry about, but at the same time, if you're on this list and >have a >Windoze box, RUN YOUR FREAKING VIRUS PROTECTION. > >Thanks :) On this list, we are all at least somewhat knowledgeable of this peecee virus issue, its amusement, and its pre

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On Wednesday, October 16, 2002, at 01:19 PM, Joost van de Griek wrote: > It's either viruses, or possibly virus. Definitely not virii. > > > > And I thought I spent too much time on obscure issues! ;-) Stuart -- Compact Macs is sponsored by

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On 2002-10-16 05:14, "Darren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... virii ... Aargh. Please stop it. It's either viruses, or possibly virus. Definitely not virii. ,xtG .tsooJ -- Joost van de Griek http://www.jvdg.net/ -- Compact Macs is sponsored

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the pickle wrote: > > > I'd settle for a bottle of Johnnie Walker Black ;) If its a bet, let's make it blue label. :) Found the link below after some digging, a bit off subject but it seems to be a very comprehensive timeline regarding microcomputers from 1947-1998

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On Wednesday, October 16, 2002, at 05:09 AM, the pickle wrote: > At 13:38 +1000 on 16/10/02, Darren wrote: Gentlemen, please restrain yourselves. This thread is degenerating in terms of both language and subject. Thanks, Stuart -- Compact Macs is sponsored by .

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At 13:38 +1000 on 16/10/02, Darren wrote: >Not the city of churches for a heathen such as I.. >Sump oil or catz pee? how about bourbon, scotch or slivorvich? >Nutscrape couldn't spell it either... :) I'd settle for a bottle of Johnnie Walker Black ;) -- the pickle FAQ

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Not the city of churches for a heathen such as I.. Sump oil or catz pee? how about bourbon, scotch or slivorvich? Nutscrape couldn't spell it either... :) the pickle wrote: > At 13:14 +1000 on 16/10/02, Darren wrote: > > >>A slab say's it don't exist. :) Can you get VB over there? > > > Nah,

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At 13:14 +1000 on 16/10/02, Darren wrote: >A slab say's it don't exist. :) Can you get VB over there? Nah, but I know we can both get Guinness :) (Or Budweiser, but it's shite beer. VB is at least decent.) Where'd you say you lived again? Adelaide? or Melbourne? I think it was one of the tw

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Sorry for getting so OT. Grant Robinson wrote: > This virus is running around asia pacific and is called the "bugbear virus. > The W32.BugBear worm (also known as the Tanatos virus) is very similar > to the Klez worm. Poor knock off. Very basic. Discretely hidden in the startup items. :-/ Remove

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At 11:16 +1000 on 16/10/02, Grant Robinson wrote: >However, the BugBear virus creates fake 'From:' data, so it is >impossible to determine the true source of the email. I really wish antivirus software makers would stop perpetuating this myth. The From: and Reply-to: fields are worthless, but t

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Message - From: "the pickle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Compact Macs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 10:28 AM Subject: Re: Virus message? > At 10:07 +1000 on 16/10/02, Darren wrote: > > >the pickle wrote: > > > >> Someon

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At 10:07 +1000 on 16/10/02, Darren wrote: >the pickle wrote: > >> Someone is subbed to this list on a Windoze box. >> The above e-mail address is in the person's address book. > >No, the address is made up of parts. The address itself is nonexistent. Perhaps it is, perhaps it isn't. It's syntac

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the pickle wrote: > Someone is subbed to this list on a Windoze box. > The above e-mail address is in the person's address book. No, the address is made up of parts. The address itself is nonexistent. > The Windoze box is infected with one of those nasty Win32 virii that sends out > copies of

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At 20:13 +0100 on 15/10/02, Mark Benson wrote: >Yeh, that's why I said 'rare occasions'. The ones you have to look out >for are the ones that glue themselves to chain letters and stuff like >that that some friends thoughtlessly forward to you. Well, unless you're the type who then thoughtlessly

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On Tuesday, Oct 15, 2002, at 16:28 Europe/London, the pickle wrote: > At 13:04 +0100 on 15/10/02, Mark Benson wrote: > >> I think people should be aware that on some rare cases, usually >> resulting from using Microsoft Outlook/Entourage it possible to pass >> on >> Windows/MS VBS viruses throu

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At 13:04 +0100 on 15/10/02, Mark Benson wrote: >I think people should be aware that on some rare cases, usually >resulting from using Microsoft Outlook/Entourage it possible to pass on >Windows/MS VBS viruses through a Mac, especially if you get a lot of Only if you forward them manually. -- t

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On Tuesday, Oct 15, 2002, at 15:09 Europe/London, Gamba wrote: >> I think people should be aware that on some rare cases, usually >> resulting from using Microsoft Outlook/Entourage it possible to pass >> on >> Windows/MS VBS viruses through a Mac, especially if you get a lot of >> junk mail. I

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>I think people should be aware that on some rare cases, usually >resulting from using Microsoft Outlook/Entourage it possible to pass on >Windows/MS VBS viruses through a Mac, especially if you get a lot of >junk mail. I have Virex (part of .Mac in my case) on my G3 and on my >iBook as they are m

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>Nothing to worry about, but at the same time, if you're on this list and >have a >Windoze box, RUN YOUR FREAKING VIRUS PROTECTION. > >Thanks :) ... or stop using OutLook;> -- Take care . Brian -- Compact Macs is sponsored by . Support Low End Mac

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On Tuesday, Oct 15, 2002, at 02:04 Europe/London, the pickle wrote: > Someone is subbed to this list on a Windoze box. > > The above e-mail address is in the person's address book. > > So is the e-mail address for Compact.Macs, most likely, or perhaps your > address, Andrew. > > The Windoze box

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At 19:03 -0600 on 14/10/02, Andrew Main wrote: >My ISP just notified me of a "possible virus" in a quarantined >message, which purports to be >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the >Subject: Compact Macs Digest #1328 >It also said: >Attachments: audio/x-midi; >name=Default.rdp.scr Someone is subbed

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My ISP just notified me of a "possible virus" in a quarantined message, which purports to be From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the Subject: Compact Macs Digest #1328 It also said: Attachments: audio/x-midi; name=Default.rdp.scr When I opened the message in the ISP's Web interface, it said "THE HTM