Huh? To quote an article on the Internet: "Remember that throughout its entire lifespan, the total number of Mac viruses is below 100."
And of course, non of those were for OSX. Jim On Nov 22, 2006, at 3:15 PM, Rich wrote: > Well, Peter, if you remember back to the late 80s and early 90s the > Mac was the king of the > virus world and there were very few on the DOS / Windows side, it > is all a matter of > popularity more than anything else. Even Linux is not immune from > a virus attack. The best > defence for the windows users is to use any email program that is > not Outlook Express or > Outlook. > > The average victim is running windows XP without an up to date > anti virus program and a > decent fire wall and using Internet Explorer, and MS Outlook or MS > Outlook Express. > > Rich > > > On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 11:39:08 -0800, Peter Fraser wrote: > >> or you can do like the rest of us, and use your Mac (without worry or >> fear) to read or look at whatever you'd like. we don't do viruses on >> this side. > >> of course, never provide any info to anybody, no matter what platform >> you run. > >> On Nov 22, 2006, at 11:01 AM, Rich wrote: > >>> I will repeat several tings that have been said before but bear >>> repeating: >>> >>> 1) receive a message from "eBay"? then log onto eBay and go to "My >>> eBay" and look in "My >>> Messages" if it is there then deal with it there. If not then >>> perform a TRUE DELETE of the >>> message in your email IN BOX. Do not open or preview, just perform >>> a true delete. >>> >>> 2) You will have to check your email program to find out how to do >>> a true delete. Microsoft >>> Outlook and Outlook Express do not dewlete the message when you hit >>> the delete button so be >>> careful. >>> >>> Rich >>> >>> On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:33:22 -0500, Dan K wrote: >>> >>>> And I just got an "ebay" notice about somebody disputing an "item >>>> not received". It's a neat >>> trick, >>>> considering I have never listed anything on ebay. haha >>>> The links go through some kind of edu address in Mexico, then >>>> redirected gawdknowswhere. >>> Cute. >>> >>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Robert Wright" <[email protected]> >>>> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 4:43 AM >>>> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Ebay Watched Item relisted spoof??? >>> >>> >>>> Definitely a scam. I get 'em sometimes regarding items I'd never >>>> bother to >>>> watch in the first place. But don't click on any of the links to >>>> make sure, >>>> just delete 'em. >>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Phono-L mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>> >>>> Phono-L Archive >>>> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ >>> >>>> Support Phono-L >>>> http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Phono-L mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> >>> Phono-L Archive >>> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ >>> >>> Support Phono-L >>> http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank > >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> [email protected] > >> Phono-L Archive >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ > >> Support Phono-L >> http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ > > Support Phono-L > http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank
