On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Lavolta Press <[email protected]> wrote: > Um, you are aware that there could be accompanying text and the link could > still contain a virus? All the junk my ISP's spamcatcher dumps into my > graymail has accompanying text. > > This is a ridiculous discussion, as the only person it matters to whether > you click on a link, is you. Thankfully, this moribund list seems to be > moving on to some actual content.
Clicking on malware links doesn't affect only that one user. Some of these links install malware on the clicker's machine and send the links to everyone in their contacts list, including all the mailing lists. Since these emails are from (or appear to be from) a trusted friend, more people click them. This is how botnets are created. Several lists I'm on are currently undergoing these attacks as more and more members of the list are being infected. --Charlene -- Will I ever reach a point in my life when I won't need to recite the whole alphabet in my head while alphabetizing? -- Aaron Karo's Ruminations.com _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
