Hello Tim, On Sun, 6 Oct 2002 21:13:19 +1000 GMT (06/10/02, 18:13 +0700 GMT), Tim wrote:
T> As far as I know the most infectious current viruses do little T> direct damage to a user's system. Except deleting files that the user needs to run the system. Deleting .exe or .dll files is a popular sport among viruses. ;-) T> They use bandwidth in emailing themselves, If that were all they do, I'd uninstall my anti-virus programm right away. I guess the (at least) weekly updates cost me more online time that any virus has ever used to propagate itself from my box. T> but their usage would never approach my mother's monthly limit. T> They affect reputation, but the infected messages I have just T> deleted from my mother's message base all came from her five most T> common correspondents. If they're sending her viruses, they're not T> likely to object to her sending them viruses. Most viruses are not harmless. -- Cheers, Thomas. Moderator der deutschen The Bat! Beginner Liste. You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I am not hungry enough to eat six. (Yogi Berra) Message reply created with The Bat! 1.62/Beta1 under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A using an AMD Athlon K7 1.2GHz, 128MB RAM ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
