Author: James Robertson
Date: 16:53:02 05/04/00
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On May 04, 2000 at 14:01:03, Frederic Friedel wrote: >On May 04, 2000 at 12:54:39, Dave Gomboc wrote: > >>On May 04, 2000 at 12:22:45, Frederic Friedel wrote: >> >>>Watch out for further information on CNN and Sky. Probably there will be a >>>statement by Janet Reno. I believe the virus has reached the East Coast, and >>>some are saying that the whole of the UK is down. I think maybe this is the Big >>>One. >> >>Doesn't that seem to be over-doing it a little? :) The anti-virus tools will be >>updated shortly, and we'll go back to life as normal. >> > >Actually it's much worse than I initially thought. CNN, Sky, BBC, German TV, all >of whom are carrying the story as headline news, keep advocating the same >remedies: immediately delete any message entitled "I love you". Second remedy: >get a virus protection update. > >This is rubbish. The virus comes to you as a Visual Basic source file. In five >minutes you can change the title to "Important message" or "Virus warning". And >I really don't know how Symantec and Mcafee can keep up with thousands of clones >per day. > >Somebody on this thread suggeste a different remedy and protection: switch to >Linux. This virus may turn out to be a bigger problem for Microsoft than all the >current anti-trust lawsuits. And after everybody uses Linux, viruses will be gone? No, rather they will just attack Linux. James
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