The problem is if you have a dialup, it may not do it automatically when the dialer's running.
Nat PS I know, I should get a cable modem. Haven't gotten to it since I don't spend that much time around the house. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Potts Sent: Friday, 15 August, 2003 13:24 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:26645] RE: worm virus This shows the value of the automatic Microsoft updates built into Windows XP. Even with Windows 98 and Windows Me, you get an advisory telling you to go ahead and download and install the security (and other) updates. With XP, they are, of course, already downloaded by the time you get the advisory telling you to install them. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of Nat Hager III >Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 16:18 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:26643] worm virus > > >Folks, > >Off-topic, but this worm virus is deadly serious. I just got by virtue >of a dialer connection running in the tray for 1 minute, with no email >software whatsoever loaded. All of a sudden you start getting >"svchost.exe" errors, the dialer won't disconnect, Outlook fails when >you try to retrieve email, etc. Yet nothing shows up when you search >the harddrive, nothing appears to be running in the (Cntl-Alt-Del)task >list, and Norton Antivirus shows nothing. > >It's insidious, download the patch from MS! > >Nat >
