best bet is to not open any attachments unless you know the person and/or check the file extension first...ie don't open .exe .scr etc...
at the same time html opens up a tonne of holes in OE....... ----- Original Message ----- From: Mr-Freeze To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 3:30 PM Subject: Re: Bloody virus junkies ( JANEDOE ) thanks james just gets frustrating, when virus alert goes off with bells and whistles alot more regular lately Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: James Fitness To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 4:46 PM Subject: Re: Bloody virus junkies ( JANEDOE ) Hi Pete It's not that people send them to the list on purpose... The virus sends itself to the list straight from your address book The trick is to NOT use Outlook express or outlook.. try netscape mail I can open the virus infected messages without them infecting my computer... I have just manually updated the Virus definitions on the mailserver so as long as Norton's doing it's job, hopefully we won't get any more for a while (at least until some bas$%ad writes a new virus) Cya James Mr-Freeze wrote: Man whats the story with these bloody viruses that are getting sent through ozdat.There must be so many bored people out there, just sending shit all over the place. -- ________________________________________________________________________ James Fitness Director Data Scribe Australia Pty Ltd http://www.datascribe.com.au Computers and Supplies OZDAT Online http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
