Hi Nick, On Sun, 30 Dec 2001 12:21:54 -0800GMT (31/12/2001, 04:21 +0800GMT), Nick Andriash wrote:
>> Some virui (is that the plural of Virus?) you can catch just by being >> on line. NA> I'd be curious to know how that can happen. When you say "on line", do NA> you mean with your Browser open? I've heard of many Users contracting a NA> virus when simply opening an HTML message, but that will only be the NA> case if you have your Client set to fetch material from a remote web NA> site as per instructions within the message itself. However, if you run NA> TB! or Becky! with that feature disabled, then I can't see where you NA> would contract a virus simply by being on line. I, too, would be most curious as to how this would work. In addition, even if you open web pages with your favourite browser, I find it rather unusual to download a virus without your knowledge. If you do download a file inadvertedly (is that possible?), your AV software will not allow this file to be accessible, as it will quarantine it. I keep telling everybody with virus problems that they must have actively done something to allow the virus to be active on their computers. If there is a new technology and a computer can be infected by just web browsing (with the usual precautions), I'd like to know about it. HTML gets new versions with new features all the time, and I am not in the IT industry, so it is possible that I missed something here. -- Cheers, Thomas. Moderator der deutschen The Bat! Beginner Liste. Anmeldung unter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message reply created with The Bat! 1.53t under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build 1998 on a Pentium II/350 MHz. -- ________________________________________________________ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
