Author: Jeroen van Dorp
Date: 14:09:36 03/01/04
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On February 29, 2004 at 22:29:46, Peter Skinner wrote: >The reason I ask is I have recieved emails from people here at the CCC that I >speak to via email, that are infected with email worms. I have emailed those >specific individuals giving them a heads up to remove whatever worm they are >infected with and a link to the correct virus removal tool from the Symantec >website. Most worms are dataminers. They take e-mails from a PC wherever they can find them. If your e-mail address is in a cached web page on someone else's infected PC, you could get in dozens of requests to remove the virus from _your_ computer. Your messages are useless. Most problably the e-mails you received didn't originate from the people who's name is in the address line. Viruses are a fact of life. If there's an IP-address available that points to a different provider than is suggested by the fake originating address, you could contact the provider with a reaquest to inform that particular poster, including the complete message header. If they're willing, and take the time, they are able to trace down the user and warn him - or after repeated warnings, disable his or her account until the virus has been removed. In the meantime my opinion is to not only spend hunderds or thousands of dollars on up-to-date 2040554-bit Flippion Teraflop enabled Quadruple processors on Hightechnopia XMY76664-YTY5 motherboards with integrated circuitry enabled to approach light speed at room temperatures, but reserve 50 bucks for a decent virus scanner as well. As home user, you not seldomly can get decent virus scanners for free. And you can buy another 512 terabyte internal memory. J.
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