Re: [CML] Re: " Important notify" - hoax

Thu, 03 Feb 2005 17:57:14 -0800

Good point, Jennifer. We have done a couple things in our house to avoid these computer problems (spyware, viruses, etc.) - I have a Macintosh computer and I don't have to deal with any of those problems. My husband has a PC running Windows XP. He had spyware so bad that he brought his computer in to get "zeroed out" twice. Then he got Spybot (we already had Nortons). He thought his problems were solved. He got spyware so bad again that Internet Explorer wouldn't work. So I started his computer in safe mode and downloaded Netscape Navigator which he uses for his browser AND for his email. Most viruses and spyware use Internet Explorer or Outlook Express as "doors" into your computer. If you switch browsers and mail programs, you get rid of some of the susceptibility of your computer. He doesn't use Internet Explorer or Outlook and he hasn't had a problem since. Just a thought.....

Barb,
Mom to Tom, 16 yr. old, dx 8/04,
BMT pending

jennifer g wrote:
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Unfortunately, one problem is that even people you *do* know who get computer viruses may inadvertently send out attachments. So you can't even be sure of attachments from senders you know. (That's why I don't like that attachments are allowed on this list.)
 
So, if I may take the liberty of qualifying Richard's statement, you should technically not open an attachment from even someone you know unless you are expecting that specific attachment. If you just randomly get an attachment from someone, even if you know them, you'd be better off deleting it. This includes emails that are forwarded and forwarded again that come through as attachments in some email programs.
 
I delete all emails that come to me with an attachment that I did not ask for. I may miss someone's message that way, but I can ensure that I'm keeping my computer better protected.
 
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 but for your own online safety, please don't open any
attachments from any sender you aren't 100% sure of!


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