Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 13:48:40 12/02/99
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On December 02, 1999 at 16:16:15, James Robertson wrote: >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. > I thought it was because the people who write the viruses do not 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 not sure, I think every operating system has some vulnerable spots that can be attacked by a malevolous virus. But having no experience with Macs, and very little experience with linux (last time was about four years ago), I might be underestimating them. >>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." > I do not have this image of Bill, some of my friends imagine him saying those exact words (: >James > >> Still, Windows is the operating system of choice to develop chess engines. >>José.
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