Author: James Robertson
Date: 13:16:15 12/02/99
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On December 02, 1999 at 13:23:11, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: >On December 02, 1999 at 10:34:17, Eugenio Castillo wrote: > >>Hi all, >> >>today at 12:02 i have receive an email from somebody well known in this chess >>circle. The email has an attached .exe file with some zipped interesting docs. >> >>Executing it gives an error and it DESTROY all my .C and .H files of my hardisk. >>No one of my antivirus detect anything. I have test it in another computer and >>it do the same. >> >>Naturally I've copies of all my works, but i suposse I need to format my PC. >> >>I have send an email to the person who write me the message to confirmate it. >>I'm still waiting answer. >> >>If this wasn't an accident I can think more than one of us can receive it too, >>be ware. >> >>Eugenio Castillo. > > While I admire Bill Gates as the best business man in the world, I am glad I do >not use any MS software. Those new viruses and worms attack the weak points of >Windows and other MS programs. The only reason there are more Windows viruses than viruses for Linux, Mac, etc. is because more people use Windows. If someone sends you an .exe that deletes certain files when executed I am 100% completely totally sure that Mac or Linux would always know what to do and handle it perfectly and make sure nothing bad ever happened. >I am sure Bill is fully aware and doing nothing >on purpose. Think about how this comment sounds. "Yes, I want people to buy my software because I'm trying to screw them. Heh heh." James > Still, Windows is the operating system of choice to develop chess engines. >José.
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