In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Richard Zidlicky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes
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>>
>> <SNIP>
>> >> Anyway it will only affect people who are foolish enough to run M$
>> >> mailers.
>> <SNIP>
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>> Tony, that will only stop it from spreading outward from your, ahem, PC. It
>> won't stop it running its payload - which is apparently to delete a few
>> files at random then later on, format your hard drive(s).
>>
>> Norman.
>>
>> PS. If you only use a QL then no effect will be noticed :o)
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>> I'm getting fed up with such thoughtless attacks on everything MS... so
>> thank you Norman for saying for me what I just couldn't be bothered to say.
>
>thoughtless attacks you say? I was holding myself back not to reply
>to Norman's post which is slightly incorrect. Of course the virus will not
>run on Linux, BSD, BeOS, MacOS, Acorn, AmigaOS, Solaris, Altos, Symoblics
>Machine, Plan 9, ZX 81 or any other remotely sane operating system.
>
>Suffice to say, that last month about 80% messages were in search of
>a solution for an MS Outlook problem and now the next purely MS problem.
>IMHO this can be either because MS does have only braindamaged users or
>because the software is braindamaged.
He .. he .. these virus alerts are boring when you have other
alternatives to M$ ware ...
OT ... I know :-( ... but I recently heard an educationalist say the
pupils were being taught MS Word ... not 'wordprocessing' ( generic ) !
--
Malcolm Cadman
