[newbie] Virus problems

2004-02-04 Thread Anne Wilson
Increasingly, members of this list are being accused of sending virused emails. I know that some of you have no choice but to use windows for part of your life, but PLEASE, if you do, check that you are clean. Our addresses are being picked up from somewhere, and more and more clues point to

Re: [newbie] Virus problems

2004-02-04 Thread robin
Anne Wilson wrote: Increasingly, members of this list are being accused of sending virused emails. I know that some of you have no choice but to use windows for part of your life, but PLEASE, if you do, check that you are clean. Our addresses are being picked up from somewhere, and more and

Re: [newbie] Virus problems

2004-02-04 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 04 February 2004 13:32, robin wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: Increasingly, members of this list are being accused of sending virused emails. I know that some of you have no choice but to use windows for part of your life, but PLEASE, if you do, check that you are clean. Our

Re: [newbie] Virus problems

2004-02-04 Thread John Richard Smith
robin wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: Increasingly, members of this list are being accused of sending virused emails. I know that some of you have no choice but to use windows for part of your life, but PLEASE, if you do, check that you are clean. Our addresses are being picked up from somewhere,

Re: [newbie] Virus problems

2004-02-04 Thread aronsmith
On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 07:07, John Richard Smith wrote: robin wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: Increasingly, members of this list are being accused of sending virused emails. I know that some of you have no choice but to use windows for part of your life, but PLEASE, if you do, check that

Re: [newbie] Virus problems

2004-02-04 Thread Littlefish Operator
On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 13:52:58 +, Anne Wilson wrote On Wednesday 04 February 2004 13:32, robin wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: Increasingly, members of this list are being accused of sending virused emails. I know that some of you have no choice but to use windows for part of your life,

Re: [newbie] Virus problems

2004-02-04 Thread Lexx /Sigil
Scott said: From my experience, this virus isn't just scanning address books and flailing away. It's mixing and matching so if it finds [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] in an infected computer, it's going to fake [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL

RE: [newbie] Virus problems

2004-02-04 Thread Tony S. Sykes
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 4:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Virus problems Scott said: From my experience, this virus isn't just scanning address books and flailing away. It's mixing and matching so if it finds [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [newbie] Virus problems

2004-02-04 Thread JoeHill
On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 17:05:31 - Tony S. Sykes disseminated the following: I can't believe a regular list user to be that naive. That's the point, it may not be a list member. Remember, 'six degrees of separation' ;-) -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org

RE: [newbie] Virus problems

2004-02-04 Thread Tony S. Sykes
lol, that's what I meant, I can't believe that it is a regular list member. Tony. -Original Message- From: JoeHill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 5:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Virus problems On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 17:05:31 - Tony S

RE: [newbie] Virus problems

2004-02-04 Thread Littlefish Operator
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Virus problems Scott said: From my experience, this virus isn't just scanning address books and flailing away. It's mixing and matching so if it finds [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] in an infected computer, it's going to fake [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] Virus problems

2004-02-04 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Wednesday 04 February 2004 12:41 pm, Littlefish Operator wrote: On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 17:05:31 -, Tony S. Sykes wrote Well, you really can't fault the end user. It doesn't take a degree in computer literacy to switch the on button and send mail. Nor should it. Those days are gone and

Re: [newbie] Virus problems

2004-02-04 Thread Ramin
I haven´t been in Windows for a while and if i was i never logined to my this yahoo account that is dedicated to mailing list such as this (actually right now only this mailing list). The only email address i have in the address book is of this mailing list and it is not on the server but just

Re: [newbie] Virus problems

2004-02-04 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 04 February 2004 19:27, Ramin wrote: I haven´t been in Windows for a while and if i was i never logined to my this yahoo account that is dedicated to mailing list such as this (actually right now only this mailing list). The only email address i have in the address book is of this

Re: [newbie] Virus problems

2004-02-04 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Wednesday 04 February 2004 12:12 pm, JoeHill wrote: On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 17:05:31 - Tony S. Sykes disseminated the following: I can't believe a regular list user to be that naive. That's the point, it may not be a list member. Remember, 'six degrees of separation' ;-) If I understand

Re: [newbie] Virus problems

2004-02-04 Thread robin
Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Wednesday 04 February 2004 12:12 pm, JoeHill wrote: On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 17:05:31 - Tony S. Sykes disseminated the following: I can't believe a regular list user to be that naive. That's the point, it may not be a list member. Remember, 'six degrees of separation'

Re: [newbie] Virus problems

2004-02-04 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Wednesday 04 February 2004 09:18 pm, robin wrote: Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Wednesday 04 February 2004 12:12 pm, JoeHill wrote: On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 17:05:31 - Tony S. Sykes disseminated the following: I can't believe a regular list user to be that naive. That's the point, it may