Author: Rocio Rohan
Date: 06:03:54 08/05/01
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On August 05, 2001 at 00:50:05, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On August 05, 2001 at 00:30:57, Lin Harper wrote: > >> I'm not much of a techo, but others here are. Is it possible to >> get a computer virus simply by reading CCC posts? My computer is >> playing up lately, at the same time there are reports of a virus >> doing the rounds. My CD driver won't work, even the CD icon has >> disappeared :( I'm using Windows ME, and just lately the comp >> will only start after a couple of hits on the reset button. I'm >> assuming this is a software conflict of some sort. Maybe others >> are having similar problems? Any ideas what my problem is, and how >> it can be rectified? Thanks in advance. > >I don't believe that it's possible to get a virus by reading a web page, >certainly not this one. > >When I read the Winboard forum at Parsimony, I get these nasty pop-under ads and >my computer begins behaving strangely, but thankfully we've been able to avoid >those kinds of ads here. > >bruce Ah be careful.... Some nasty Java Applets and ActiveX controls can cause a ceratin amount of trouble :)
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