| Re: Don't open the important package above - CLICK HERE for the Pet Manual Forum Home Page |
| Jim Higgins |
On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 02:13:35 GMT, in
<3F779564.3010008@ix.netcom.com>, "Phil Roberts, Jr."
<philrob@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
>This package has a worm that will send Message returned to your
>email endlessly. I've had this worm plaguing my me for
>several weeks now and it really sucks. I'm assuming the
>above email address is bogus, but if not, why would you
>want to inflict this sort of misery on other people?
Because the worm has a component that posts this crap to Usenet
without the infected user knowing it's happening. The problem is
MS crapware that does e-mail and Usenet all in one combined with
an overabundance of gullible people. (I'm trying to be more
charitable than I was yesterday.)
For example... friend of my wife got infected by it and called
me for help. I asked her if she remembered my warning six months
or more ago not to open any unexpected attachments even if they
were from God@Heaven.org. Her reply? "But this one was from
Microsoft!" What can you say in the face of thought processes
like that? Internet "driver's licenses" are looking more like a
good idea every day.
--
Jim Higgins, quasimodo AT yahoo DOT com
icbm: 33.55.34N, 80.24.21W
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