Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 21:06:56 05/04/00
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On May 04, 2000 at 19:53:02, James Robertson wrote: >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 There won't be any email viruses attacking linux (unix) machines. Sun allowed this once by distributing a version of sendmail with debug enabled. Everyone knows better now. Allowing executables in email is an insane idea.
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