It's so obvious that these e-mails are not from a friend ("Hi", "The
message contains Unicode characters and has been sent as a binary
attachment",
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etc.). Why would anyone open an attachment with these type of messages
in the e-mail? (especially knowing that there are more viruses lately).
--
Best regards,
Bil Green
2001 TV VCR
Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546
760-934-2001 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Saturday, January 31, 2004, 7:55:32 AM, you wrote:
IVS> Problem is, people who do have protection are too confident.
IVS> You still have to be leery as it does take time after an outbreak for these
companies to update their
IVS> definitions. Usually only a few hours, but that is long enough for this thing to
spread...
IVS> You still must be suspicious of every attachment..
IVS> If that emails has some garbage, or does not make any sense, right there is a red
flag..
IVS> Jeff Dougherty
IVS> Intrepid Video TV/VCR
IVS> 263 S Front St
IVS> Steelton PA 17113
IVS> fax...717-564-4952
IVS> www.intrepid-video.com www.tech-repair.net
IVS> ----- Original Message -----
IVS> From: "Doug Keller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
IVS> To: "ELECTRONICS PROFESSIONALS LIST" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
IVS> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 7:28 AM
IVS> Subject: Re: [Techs] WHO DONE IT!!!!!
IVS> What gripes my a** is that AVG and HouseCall are FREE!!!!!!!!!!!! When
IVS> something is offered for free, there is absolutely no excuse for not
IVS> having it. None but apathy and/or laziness, that is. I have posted and
IVS> posted and posted to techassist over the years, as Clint used to do
IVS> also, all to no avail. There are just some out there that won't do it.
IVS> Here is the link if any of you want to use it or pass it on:
IVS> http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php
IVS> Doug Keller
IVS> Wis-Kel Electronics
IVS> 101 Freeland Ave.
IVS> Terra Alta, WV
IVS> USA 26764
IVS> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
IVS> http://www.tech-assist.org
IVS> "Learn from the mistakes of others, because you
IVS> won't live long enough to make them all yourself"
IVS> Mark Wentowski wrote:
>>Good Jeff. It should also be mentioned that Norton protection costs less
>>than $30.00 per year. It does piss me off that we have loose cannons out
>>there who have no regard for the other person. Heck.
>>
>>Mark Wentowski
>>Perry Hill Electronics
>>3836 Harrison Rd.
>>Montgomery AL 36109
>>phone: (334)279-5622
>>fax: (334)273-9050
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Intrepid Video
>>Support
>>Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 9:41 PM
>>To: ELECTRONICS PROFESSIONALS LIST
>>Subject: Re: [Techs] WHO DONE IT!!!!!
>>
>>
>>Mark,
>>Sounds like you do more than most.
>>Like I said, I had gotten several of these in between my Norton updates, but
>>they were obviously
>>suspicious...Usually the message body makes no sense.
>>If you're not sure, just don't open it.. Getting a vir*s really puts a
>>damper on email lists, their users
>>and in general the web itself..
>>All the while happening in the process of our websites and email lists
>>changing servers. New people will
>>not be subscribed unless they contact me personally. This vir*s has been
>>trying to subscribe to the list
>>and I had to turn that function off until this thing subsides...10-20 admin
>>rejects per day..
>>
>>Jeff Dougherty
>>Intrepid Video TV/VCR
>>263 S Front St
>>Steelton PA 17113
>>fax...717-564-4952
>>www.intrepid-video.com www.tech-repair.net
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Mark Wentowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>To: "ELECTRONICS PROFESSIONALS LIST" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 6:45 PM
>>Subject: RE: [Techs] WHO DONE IT!!!!!
>>
>>
>>Jeff, I know firsthand how much money can be lost when a business gets a
>>virus in the system. I use Norton and get automatic daily updates. On Friday
>>nights Norton does a complete virus scan of all the drives. Am I doing
>>enough? If a computer does get infected but Norton says they are clean how
>>can we find out about it?
>>
>>Mark Wentowski
>>Perry Hill Electronics
>>3836 Harrison Rd.
>>Montgomery AL 36109
>>phone: (334)279-5622
>>fax: (334)273-9050
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Intrepid Video
>>Support
>>Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 9:21 AM
>>To: Tech List
>>Subject: [Techs] WHO DONE IT!!!!!
>>
>>
>>I have one thing to say, if I find out who on this list got infected, you
>>will be permanently banned from
>>this list!
>>There is no friggin excuse to get infected. Vir*ses have been around for a
>>long time and every
>>professional on this list should be able to detect a suspicious email.
>>Just because your anti-vir*s did not detect the attachment, DOES NOT mean it
>>is safe.
>>This one came out before I had the updates in my Norton, but it grew
>>suspicion, so I updated my
>>definitions...
>>The only way some of you will learn, is if one of these things wipe your
>>hard drive...
>>Use common sense!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>This has created much havoc on this list with 10-20 rejected posts regarding
>>this infection..there is no
>>excuse...everyone on here should be smart enough to protect themselves..
>>
>>
>>Jeff Dougherty
>>Intrepid Video TV/VCR
>>263 S Front St
>>Steelton PA 17113
>>fax...717-564-4952
>>www.intrepid-video.com www.tech-repair.net
>>
>>
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