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From: Jason <jason@la-youth.org>
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Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2165] Re: possible virus in your system
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I remember the last time this particular hoax surfaced and thousands of
people were having to repair their operating system after having deleted
that file. My purpose was to alert those who had not yet made the deletion.
I looked at my posting again and can not find any reference to persons who
were taken in by this hoax.
At some point in all our journeys on the Internet we all have fallen for
one or more of these things. What is most important is to learn from them.
The thing I have learned is that having a good anti-virus program, such as
Norton, an making sure that it is updated regularly at least every two
weeks by connecting to the Norton website and downloading the current virus
profiles, is the best protection. The second thing is that all chain emails
are suspect, whether they are about virus threats or not. A non-virus urban
myth that is again making the rounds is about a bill in Congress that is
going to put a surcharge on email messages. I always go to either the
website I quoted on my last email for viruses or to <
http://urbanlegends.about.com > for non-virus hoax info before I either
believe or act. The third thing I've learned from years of this is that
these chain emails are a major contributor to the slowing down of the net.
Start doing the math. If each one of us on this list sent a chain letter to
one more list, etc., etc. In a matter of minutes this is millions of
emails. Since very few people take the time to remove all the routing info
and previous messages from such emails before they hit the forward button,
each generation of the letter gets longer and longer. That is a huge taxing
of the bandwidth of the net.
Jason
At 07:29 AM 12/25/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Jason's response seems a bit of overkill to me--it's not really necessary
>to humiliate people who fall for this, is it?
>
>But in the meantime, having deleted this file, could anyone please e-mail
>it to me?
>
>Not normally taken in by hoaxes,
>Karyn Popham
>Houston
>kpopham@sph.uth.tmc.edu
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I remember the last time this particular hoax surfaced and thousands of
people were having to repair their operating system after having deleted
that file. My purpose was to alert those who had not yet made the
deletion. I looked at my posting again and can not find any reference to
persons who were taken in by this hoax. <br><br>
At some point in all our journeys on the Internet we all have fallen for
one or more of these things. What is most important is to learn from
them. The thing I have learned is that having a good anti-virus program,
such as Norton, an making sure that it is updated regularly at least
every two weeks by connecting to the Norton website and downloading the
current virus profiles, is the best protection. The second thing is that
all chain emails are suspect, whether they are about virus threats or
not. A non-virus urban myth that is again making the rounds is about a
bill in Congress that is going to put a surcharge on email messages. I
always go to either the website I quoted on my last email for viruses or
to <
<a href=3D"http://urbanlegends.about.com/" eudora=3D"autourl">http://urbanle=
gends.about.com</a>
> for non-virus hoax info before I either believe or act. The third=
thing I've learned from years of this is that these chain emails are a=
major contributor to the slowing down of the net. Start doing the math. If=
each one of us on this list sent a chain letter to one more list, etc.,=
etc. In a matter of minutes this is millions of emails. Since very few=
people take the time to remove all the routing info and previous messages=
from such emails before they hit the forward button, each generation of the=
letter gets longer and longer. That is a huge taxing of the bandwidth of=
the net. <br><br>
Jason<br><br>
At 07:29 AM 12/25/2001 -0500, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=3Dcite class=3Dcite cite>Jason's response seems a bit of=
overkill to me--it's not really necessary to humiliate people who fall for=
this, is it?<br><br>
But in the meantime, having deleted this file, could anyone please e-mail it=
to me?<br><br>
Not normally taken in by hoaxes,<br>
Karyn Popham<br>
Houston<br>
kpopham@sph.uth.tmc.edu</blockquote>
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<font color=3D"#FF0000">Do you shop on the web?</font> You can help us=
financially at no additional cost if you click through our shopping portal=
at <http//www.youthcharitymall.com> We have 120 of the most popular=
shopping sites and we will get up to 14% of what you spend as a referral=
fee from the e-retailers. <br><br>
<font color=3D"#FF0000">Do you have a car to donate?</font> For more info <a=
href=3D"http://www.carsfordonation.com/" eudora=3D"autourl"><font=
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