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Subject: Re: *Warning* Deliberate virus sending (= Shreddersetting.bmp.bat)

Author: pavel

Date: 15:44:02 08/28/02

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On August 28, 2002 at 11:47:37, Aaron Tay wrote:

>
>People panic too easily. Many of the virus attachments are so obvious just by
>looking at the text accompanying it. As long as you are using one of those safer
>email clients that does not execute attachments automatically (outlook express
>is one), it only harms you if you run the attachment. I have 3-4 emails
>attachments with viruses sitting safely in my pegasus mail folders for years. My
>antivirus detected it in the mail folders, but it's totally inert and not
>activiated in memory..
>
>

I agree, however I am still stuck with Outlook Express, hoping to move to a
better client.
And I have been hoping this for the last few years, any suggestions?

cheers,
pavs



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