At 05:44 PM 7/25/2001 -0400, John Pendley wrote:
>> But don't you have to click open an attachment to get the virus started?
>>
>> John Hermanson
> That's always been my understanding, John. To play it safe, I select from
>the post before it to the one after and delete all three. If one of the two
>others is a must read, I just delete the suspicious one really fast {;>}.
>I've flushed Annabelle maybe fifteen times today, but she keeps coming back
>for more.
While admirably cautious, this is totally unnecessary. *You* must do something
in order to start a Trojan's havoc. The "social engineering" behind virii such
as SirCam almost guarantee that some sucke... er, hapless individual will
double-click the attachment.
Then the 'fun' starts.
Garth
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