Once Upon a 26 Jan 01, Nick Taylor wrote me about Re: [OM] Fw: Virus alert!
something like:
> How about NOT posting ANY more virus warnings. If you do not open any
> executable file received via email you will never be infected by an email
> virus. If you received an executable from a friend, do NOT execute it
> until you have independently verified that it was purposely sent to you.
>
> Do not open files with an EXE extension ... no open files that can contain
> an executable macro ... such as Word (DOC), Excel (XLS), etc.
Ehem, Nick:
I may be wrong, but I heard MS Outlook users may get a virus without
the attached files (some kind of scripting within the test in the
message). However I would agree on the *no virus alerts* rule. 99%
are fake ones.
Cheers
Quique (Enrique Cabrera) qcabrera@xxxxxxxxxx
A real Nowhere Man, sitting in his Nowhereland
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