On Tuesday, Oct 15, 2002, at 02:04 Europe/London, the pickle wrote:
> Someone is subbed to this list on a Windoze box. > > The above e-mail address is in the person's address book. > > So is the e-mail address for Compact.Macs, most likely, or perhaps your > address, Andrew. > > The Windoze box is infected with one of those nasty Win32 virii that > sends out > copies of itself to every single person in the address book, and then > fakes the > reply-to field and from fields with other entries from the address > book. > > Nothing to worry about, but at the same time, if you're on this list > and have a > Windoze box, RUN YOUR FREAKING VIRUS PROTECTION. I think people should be aware that on some rare cases, usually resulting from using Microsoft Outlook/Entourage it possible to pass on Windows/MS VBS viruses through a Mac, especially if you get a lot of junk mail. I have Virex (part of .Mac in my case) on my G3 and on my iBook as they are my e-mail readers in all cases so anything that's gonna get in will through there. I think Mac people get a bit beyond them selves when it comes to viruses. Many think they will never get one because there are only 60-odd in existence. They don't consider that they might infect a poor unsuspecting Windows user in the process. Just 'cause we don't have a great affection for Windows doesn't mean we should make their lives even harder than they already are ;). -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: <http://fpm.gotdns.com> Mac LC Central My homepage: <http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson/> -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
