Re: Virus warning

["Chris Chemidlin" <spredhaus@hotmail.com>]

Hang on-
This guy might have saved me from some troubles. Last week, on the 
Vintage VW list, I recieved an exe file from a guy on the list I talked 
to all the time. The little fireworks went off and I didn't think 
anything of it. Later I found out that it changes something and I had to 
remove a bunch of ska.dll, ska.exe files. Luckly, I didn't restart my 
'puter before I caught it. 
he was just trying to be helpful.
--chris
>
>Whoah, SLOW DOWN A SEC on the Name Callin!
>
>
>Yah, I agree.  This is probably a Hoax and something that we should 
only
>worry about if we get a virus.  Protect your computer with some kind of 
real
>time virus scanning software or something and let us do the same.
>Most virus warnings of this nature are just a dumbass trying to worry 
the
>average Joe.
>
>uhm... dunno if I'd call him a COMPLETE idiot.  I work in the Computer
>Industry and if that makes him a COMPLETE idiot then that would also 
include
>about 80% of the rest of the people in our country, or the world for 
that
>matter.  I know some VERY intelligent people out there that would make 
the
>same mistake.  I'd just call him/her ignorant.  Try to educate them 
better,
>then if they do it again.. then, they would get my stamp of 
disapproval.
>
>Remember, this person was trying to do us a favor and warn us even if 
we
>didn't need it.  Not spam us with how to get rich or try to sell us 
some
>online drugs.
>
>Mark Madison
>fourth year CompEngr @ Oregon State University   =)
>... my brain, it hurts, its swelling with nonsense!
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Dan <dan@angband.org>
>To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Monday, February 15, 1999 11:09 AM
>Subject: Re: Virus warning
>
>
>>On Mon, Feb 15, 1999 at 01:35:18PM -0500, HCharvat@aol.com wrote:
>>
>><fake virus warning>
>>
>>You are an idiot. A virus cannot infect a library, and you cant't get 
a
>>virus from an Email or a NG posting unless you decode AND execute it.
>>
>>There are tens of thousands of virii existing, and probably hundreds 
more
>>written each month. We don't need or want a warning of each one. Keep 
this
>>off topic crap off of non-comp related mailing lists. If you REALLY 
think
>>you need to monitor every little security problem, read comp.risks or
>>something.
>>
>>
>>Dan
>>
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