Author: Aaron Tay
Date: 09:30:50 01/02/02
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On January 02, 2002 at 04:48:44, Andrew Dados wrote: >On January 02, 2002 at 04:33:26, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On January 01, 2002 at 21:12:25, Steven Schwartz wrote: >> >>>On January 01, 2002 at 19:25:33, Dann Corbit wrote: >>> >>>>If it sends you an email, a message will arrive with no subject and an >>>>attachment. >>>> >>>>My AV software saw what it was. At any rate, hopefully he will read this. >>> >>> >>>Whenever I receive these emails, there is always an underscore >>>before the first letter of the email address and no text. I just >>>reply by erasing the underscore and writing a short note that >>>says, >>>"Hi, We have received an email with no text. Please resend >>>or check you computer for viruses. We have been told that this may >>>be caused by a computer virus/worm. >>>Regards, Steve" >>> >>>Then they receive the email (if you leave the underscore on, it >>>will bounce) and can take action. Posting here is only effective >>>if the person happens to visit here. >>>Steve >> >> >>When I recieve an email that I suspect as a virus and it means an email that >>includes an attachment that I did not expect I do the following actions: >> >>1)I click view->layout and there is a small square >>with the letters show preview pane >> >>I delete the v from this square >> >>2)I click on file work off line(there were some cases when I did not do 2 and I >>am not sure if it is necessary but I remember an advice to delete viruses off >>line in state with no preview from someone who sent a virus) >>3)I delete the email without looking in it >>4)I do the opposite actions to 1 and 2. >> >> >>I never reply the sender directly because I am afraid to be infected by the >>virus only from looking at the address of the sender. >> >>There was even one case when I deleted in this way a message that did not >>include an attachment from someone when the title was norton anti virus because >>I read here that his computer is infected and I was afraid to be infected by the >>virus because my anti virus warned me that I got some infected email and it >>could not delete it. >> >>I may send an email to the sender only if I know the sender's address >>not based on the sender's email. >> >>Uri > > >I propose much easier steps, and you need to make them only once. > > 1. Delete Outlook. > 2. Install Pegasus (freeware). >-Andrew- Or download the new weekly patches to outlook.. Nah , getting Pegasus at www.pmail.com is easier., No need for all this paronid, afraid to view even email crap..
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