Tom,
The virus only affects certain people using windows. It was attached to
a message you probably didn't even get.
The nice thing about Arachne is that it runs in DOS, and no one yet has
found a way to force a DOS program to be run if you -- the user --
doesn't actually tell it to run.
All e-mail viruses found to date have been specific to Win9x platforms.
The only reason Michael sent out the "warning" was that some Arachne
users will sometimes download mail from a Windows computer ... a
separate setup, at the office, etc.
There is no chance, therefore, of that old e-mail attached virus hurting
your system. No matter what browser or platform you use, just make
certain that you never run a program received from someone you don't
know. Win9x can be set to reveal FULL long file names, i.e. those with
more than a single 'dot' in them like file.txt.phd ... and Win9x can be
set to NEVER run an attached program unless you tell it to.
A little common sense and your system can't be taken down by even the
most vicious virus.
Heck, someone mailed me the "I love you" virus ... I saved it just for
the heck of it. It sure didn't hurt Arachne or my system.
:)
l.d.
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On Wed, 13 Dec 2000 10:46:01 -0700, "tomstfor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Mr. Polak:
> I am sorry to have to write you, but this talk of viruses sound
> scary. I have just gotten Arachne back up after an unfortunate computer
> crash with the old hard drive and would be upset if a virus wiped my
> drive from the old machine. Later I want to install a different drive
> for Linux or something. How bad is this and does it only affect you if
> you are running in Windows? Is this the dread "Kali" virus {not to be
> confused with the Arachnoid from Australia} that is going around. What
> are the chances of this thing damaging my system?
> Yours,
> "tomstfor"
-- Arachne V1.69, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
