Author: Julian Morley
Date: 11:47:26 08/28/02
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On August 28, 2002 at 14:22:52, Russell Reagan wrote: >On August 28, 2002 at 13:51:40, Julian Morley wrote: > >>Some viruses are known to scan the temporary internet files of the infected >>computer for e-mail addressess. If the infected user reads this forum regularly >>then the users files will certainly contain the e-mail addresses of contributors >>to this forum, particularly the contributors who post the most. What do you >>know, it seems to be the most prolific posters who are getting most viruses, >>what a surprise! If the virus can scan for e-mail addresses then it can also >>pick out random subjects such as "shredder settings" from these same files. > >Sure it's possible. If this person is this avid CCC reader as you say, why >haven't they ever posted here? Why haven't they responded to any posts and tried >to explain themselves and clear their name? Why didn't this person respond to my >email? > I don't know the answer to any of the questions you pose. However, it seems unlikely that this person has any adequate virus protection, so maybe he is busy trying to clear his machine of viruses and is unaware that it has caused problems at CCC. Similar things have happened at CCC before. Jules
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