Ed, Thats odd, most photos, like jpg images hardly ever carry a virus. In fact I have never heard of it. I am not saying it is not possible though.
James P. On Jan 5, 11:12 pm, "Edward Frank" <[email protected]> wrote: > Marc, > > I have never gotten a virus from mail sent to me from Google Groups from > other ENTS. On occasion a spam post accidentally makes it through, but these > should be obvious from their topics that they are spam. I just delete them > and then go and ban the person who sent the post. The files section can get > bad stuff in it since it is set to allow members to post to the files > section, That has happened only once with a photo that I know of. - but > again these posts should be obvious. I always click on the links other ENTS > have sent me and have not had any problems at all. > > Ed > > http://nature-web-network.blogspot.com/http://primalforests.ning.com/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=709156957 > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Marcboston > To: ENTSTrees > Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 11:07 PM > Subject: [ENTS] Google Groups Pitfalls? > > From time to time we see some really obnoxious posts etc. Has anyone > got a virus from visiting Google group page, clicked on a bad link or > download a picture? I find myself not going to every link that > someone has posted especially if I do not recognize the name. I > exercise common sense but at the same time not the most computer savvy > person. > Ed, I hope you don’t think I am scrutinizing you after all we are > Facebook friends now! > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > -- > Eastern Native Tree Societyhttp://www.nativetreesociety.org > Send email to [email protected] > Visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] Hide > quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
