Re: [CH] Virus warning
ori k (orik@inter.net.il)
Mon, 02 Feb 1998 20:08:58 +0200
flynnt wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I have had this "Join the crew" virus warning from about 50
> people in the past week or so. One even reputed to forwarded from
> Telecom NZ.
>
> I have always thought it was impossible to get a virus from an
> email.
> Only from an exxecutable file. If this is correct why are so many
> people
> forwarding these spoofs??
>
Well Tony, as you may well know, people believe what they read online.
This is a sad fact, but you can send a friend a warning saying "don't
turn your PC on tomorrow or a virus will erase your hard drive... please
forward this asap..." and in all likelihood, he will do as you say. I
guess that's the price we have to pay for this global grapevine.
This is actually my first posting here (been a lurker for a while). I'm
just starting my first chile garden (I'm starting the seeds indoors and
although they took quite a bit longer than expected, they are just
starting to show lifesigns) including some 12 varieties a good friend
sent me from the US (the only seeds we can get here are cayene and maybe
one more variety used by the yemenite jews).
Orik