Re: Take a look at corrective update from the M$ Corporation

[apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu (ground.ecn AppleII Librarian)]

In article <_sCdnT-HJOshxSii4p2dnA@comcast.com>,
Bill Garber <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>"Rubywand" <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote in message
>3FB55306.D28EB537@swbell.net">news:3FB55306.D28EB537@swbell.net...
>> "thomas@tomsoft.net" writes ...
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>That would surely be a good form of punishment.
>May I also add that to become a victim of such a
>virus distribution method, one MUST open the file
>and run it. Microsoft does announce periodically
>that they "do not" offer updates thru email or NGs
>and never will and not to open such supposed files
>that you receive in this way.
>

Bill, I do not disagree with you, but there must be other ways of becoming
a victim.  I get about 100 such emails a day on my ground.ecn.uiowa.edu
account.  This machine is an old unix variant and can not in any way run a
microsoft program.  My hunch is just opening a Microsoft email somehow
makes one a victim, although a victim who is unable to spread the
virus.  (?  Can I spread the virus if I never send email or attachments
and am not using a microsoft OS?)  It is a big PITA problem.  Luckily,
this virus/worm hasn't hit the email accounts I actually use.

Is this newsgroup post infected too?  Can anyone tell?

 --Steve
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 --Steve  (apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu)