On Tue, 31 Jul 2001 20:06:16 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> Hi Jake:
> On Tue, 31 Jul 2001 22:46:27 +0800, you wrote:
>> <off list>
> Your message was not sent off list. I am replying to the list.
> I had written:
>>> BTW, can you help point out to us any other
>>> interesting targets downrange which might not be as easily
>>> discernible as the more obvious ones that keep popping up? We need
>>> to scope them out.
>> What do you mean by this? Please get back to me.
> To "scope out" is a term used by hunters in the US. Perhaps the
> term is used also in some other English speaking countries. It means
> to survey and examine with a riflescope for the purpose of making
> positive identification of a possible target, so as to to
> distinguish a doe from a buck, for example. In wooded areas it is
> sometimes difficult to make the distinction from a distance without
> the aid of binoculars or a telescope. The game laws may prohibit
> the taking of does or even the taking of bucks having very few
> antlers. Hence the need to "scope out" a possible target. To
> "scope out" is not the same as to "take aim". One "takes aim" only
> after he has made the decision to fire.
Very good explanation. Thank you.
> In my alluding to the identification of computer virii I have used
> the familiar hunting term because computer virii are targets that
> need to be searched for and even scrutized in some cases. Any files
> which can be positively identified as viruses should of course be
> killed.
Ahhh... you mean like this one?? (the second one this week) :(
(this time it arrived as "pearl_harbor.zip.bat") [ over 500kb ]
Virus scanning report - 1. August 2001 19:40
F-PROT 3.09
SIGN.DEF created 19. July 2001
SIGN2.DEF created 18. July 2001
MACRO.DEF created 2. April 2001
Search: c:\!
Action: Report only
Files: "Dumb" scan of all files
Switches: /ARCHIVE /PACKED /COLLECT /BEEP /REPORT=c:\!exts.txt /NOHEUR
No viruses found in memory.
No viruses were found in MBRs or hard disk boot sectors.
C:\!\PEARL_HA.ZIP Infection: W95/Sircam.worm@mm
Results of virus scanning:
Files: 23
MBRs: 2
Boot sectors: 11
Objects scanned: 77
Infected: 1
Suspicious: 0
Disinfected: 0
Deleted: 0
Renamed: 0
Time: 0:09
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