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Subject: Re: Warning to Torstein Hall - your comp is infected!

Author: Chessfun

Date: 17:58:03 11/26/01

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On November 26, 2001 at 20:41:53, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On November 26, 2001 at 20:03:04, Mike S. wrote:
>
>>On November 26, 2001 at 18:37:23, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>>
>>>I don't open any attachements from people I don't
>>>know though :)
>>
>>Just for the case the above sentence wasn't a joke:
>>
>>Usually, those trojan viruses will come from people you *know*.
>
>I meant 'know' as in 'likely to send me a Windows executable'.


Actually I know Torstein, somewhat, though did wonder why he
would send me a file called Hamster.pif

Sarah.



>There aren't too many of those (I can think of only 1 right now),
>and if you read the email first it should be obvious whether
>it's a real email or not.
>
>And the email had better explain what the .exe is too and
>why they felt the need to send me it :)
>
>Running any attachement you get via email is like playing
>Russian Roulette with a fully loaded gun.
>
>--
>GCP



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