Yes, I also believe it is a "she" with that lovely e-mail address Alylex, which sounds like a character from the "Lord of the Rings" What actually are the general rules in using virex? Should one set it to automatically clean, and clean what? The home folder, the documents, mail, the hard drive ? the latter would take forever. A little explanation would be greatly appreciated. On Thursday, Sep 18, 2003, at 22:00 America/New_York, Ward Oldham wrote:
> The only thing you're missing is that I believe Alex is a female. > > :) > >> I read Alex Whitman's posts about the latest stupid Windows virus, >> including >> the fact that he's going to Virex his system because he happened to >> have >> HTML clicked on in his email program when the infected messages came >> in--just in case. >> I didn't know Windows-designed viruses could affect the Mac OS. I'm a >> home >> user who maintains a firewall and keeps her antivirus software >> updated, but >> I was always under the impression that bugs designed to infiltrate >> the many >> holes in Internet Explorer basically had nowhere to go on Macs. Is it >> that >> any browser under any operating system can handle HTML and thus might >> be >> vulnerable to this latest mess, or is there something else I'm >> missing? Any >> enlightenment would be most welcome. >> Good luck to Alex >> Joyce MacDonald >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be September 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be September 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. > > Marta | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be September 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
