Anti Virus

[Ron Van Putte]

On Nov 9, 2004, at 11:35 AM, Doug Cronkhite wrote:

> Something you guys need to understand about this virus.. and maybe it's
> already been covered here.
>
> Basically what it does is spam out phony messages attempting to 
> propagate
> the virus using addresses it finds in the infected host's address 
> book. So
> Tony doesn't have a virus, just someone who has Radio South's email 
> address
> in their address book does. So it sends out a message masquerading as 
> Tony
> in hopes someone else will open it, thereby infecting another user.
>
> One should note.. this only happens in Microsoft Outlook and Outlook
> Express. If you use any other email program, this particular virus does
> nothing to you.

I think we should impose the death penalty on the perpetrators, if they 
get caught, and that should slow down those who might think about doing 
it in the future.  <BG>

Ron Van Putte  (Macintosh owner)

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