Hi All, I replied to an individual a few minutes ago, but will send this to the group for info purposes.
You actually do not receive and viruses from the list at all! Viruses these days spoof email addresses and you can't tell where they come from. It just means that your email address and the list address exist on some infected computer somewhere. Leaving the list will not stop the flood! Real messages from IEEE servers are stripped of viruses before being passed on. I get messages all the time from admins that I sent a virus message to which I answer I use Mac OS X. It is not possible to become infected by clicking on an attachment because Unix treats all attachments as data files and most people using OS X don't know how to change attachments to executables even if they wanted to. Those that do know the danger in doing so. But I still get the messages. Doug [email protected] wrote: > yes, me too > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Donnelly, Thomas [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 07 April 2004 13:44 > To: EMC-PST (E-mail) > Subject: Viruses > > > > I don't know about anyone else but I seem to be getting allot of e-mails > from this group with viruses lately. Particularly the Netsky Worm. If this > continues I will be forced by my company to withdraw from the group. Anyone > else in the same boat? > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > Visit our web site at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > [email protected] > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Ron Pickard: [email protected] > Dave Heald: [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: [email protected] > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc > > > ********************************************************************** > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > the system manager. > > This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by > MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. > > NCHT > ********************************************************************** > > > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > Visit our web site at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > [email protected] > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Ron Pickard: [email protected] > Dave Heald: [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: [email protected] > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc > > -- ___ _ Doug Smith \ / ) P.O. Box 1457 ========= Los Gatos, CA 95031-1457 _ / \ / \ _ TEL/FAX: 408-356-4186/358-3799 / /\ \ ] / /\ \ Mobile: 408-858-4528 | q-----( ) | o | Email: [email protected] \ _ / ] \ _ / Website: http://www.dsmith.org This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
