Let's get a few things straight here before we go any further... I field enough calls from the clooless at work trying to warn me about getting the 'Good Times Virus' in my email without having to worry about yet another meme floating around about email virii. 1. Can anyone show that the .com file replicates? It MUST reproduce itself to be called a virus last time I checked. It looks like a trojan horse to me. 2. How many of you people are using Microsloth Internet Mail? It was mentioned a LONG time ago (I think here, in fact) that there was a major mental lapse on the part of the programmers when designing it because single-clicking a piece of mail will view it, while DOUBLE-CLICKING the mail will execute it (and any attached files!). Most people double-click EVERYTHING in Windoze, and this is why it nailed so many people. I'm surprised I hadn't seen this done sooner. If you think it only got a few of the M$IM users, think again. I'll bet there's a LOT of them out there who are 'suffering in silence' because their computer is completely kaput, or sitting in a shop waiting for someone like me to wipe the hard drive and reinstall everything. Please, if there's going to be another damn meme about email virii, let it NOT be from a list I consider to be at least a LITTLE more enlightened than the hordes of AOL (l)users out there. ---------- Dagmar the Surreal (not actual size) "The Internet is Full. Go Away." -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQCNAzK50XQAAAEEAMoJsT9Rwbd28VUGhag2fOl+QrTnltqHrN2/7CBMy6kcnaba 8j3HIsNY6NzE/62iV67n6uCTlt6r3/ZosZL4RXYerH06bDOAfWZ6AYn6d0OO+vgi sghnFXiUfknU0h7A88R7z4uRRpZNkU0NXL/svZjrL+cOiMRnQUAqcwqI8ynFAAUR tCREYWdtYXIgdGhlIFN1cnJlYWwgPGRhZ21hckBlZGdlLm5ldD4= =34r7 -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 18:33:23 -0600 To: cypherpunks@toad.com From: Dagmar the Surreal <dagmar@edge.net> Subject: Ahem... 'virus'?
Let's get a few things straight here before we go any further... I field enough calls from the clooless at work trying to warn me about getting...
And you call them clueless?! One thing to keep in mind... the ignorant are usually aware of their ignorance, the stupid, well...
... 2. How many of you people are using Microsloth Internet Mail? It was mentioned a LONG time ago (I think here, in fact) that there was a major mental lapse on the part of the programmers when designing it because single-clicking a piece of mail will view it, while DOUBLE-CLICKING the mail will execute it (and any attached files!)....
And just like the clueless ones who fall for "Good Times" memos, you've fallen for some misinformation yourself. Single clicks in MS Internet Mail allow you to view the contents in the preview window - without opening or executing any attachments, while double clicking opens the message in it's own window - again without opening or executing any attachments. Try it a couple of times and you'll see for yourself. Just because you "heard it on the internet" does not make it fact!
... their computer is completely kaput, or sitting in a shop waiting for someone like me to wipe the hard drive and reinstall everything...
What an absolutely horrifying thought!!
Dagmar the Surreal (not actual size) "The Internet is Full. Go Away."
To the former I suggest you change surreal to unreal, and as for the latter - you might consider taking your own advice. Steven :-)
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