Bill:
I don't know if you have anti-virus software installed on your computer, but
make sure it is set to check emails for viruses coming in and going out.
Also, there is some malicious spyware out there that grabs your email
address and sends viruses out unbeknown to you and not through your
computer. I would go to www.antivirus.com and have them do an online scan
of your computer and search and clean out viruses.
This will clean your computer or let you know if it cannot be cleaned, then
I would make sure firewalls are active and that you have regular updates
made on antivirus software programs. Good luck.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill McIver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "The Digital Divide Network discussion group"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 8:38 AM
Subject: [DDN] digital discrimination -- a type of divide? -- M$
vsOpenOffice
All,
I have been informally cataloging a number of
incidents involving my use of OpenOffice.
I think this speaks more broadly to adoption of
F/OSS as a means of bridging digital divides.
Case 1:
Colleagues have notified me that documents that
I convert to .doc format turn up with a blue background.
I've not had time to track this within the user community, but
naturally assume this is due to software mischief.
Case 2:
This morning -- prompting this message -- I had
one e-mail message blocked from a Canadian Government
firewall because it had an OpenOffice attachment .sxw
Other messages with .doc and .rtf version of the same
were not.
Thoughts? Experiences? Actions?
Best,
WJM
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