Re: Important Newsgroup Virus Information
The current spate of virus messages is causing a lot of grief. I keep getting messages that an email of mine to some third party contained a virus. And the third-party names are almost invariably indecipherable. I would like to suggest that the internet practice of hiding behind "nicknames" is a major contributor to this scenario. If I could be sure that a message is not in response to an email that I have sent then soemthing could be done about it but with so many dubious names lurking in iiug.org membership and on informix-list none of us can be sure who we are communicating with. So, when you use an invalid or strange email name to register with iiug.org or informix-list bear in mind that you are merely helping the hackers. Malcolm ----- Original Message ----- From: "David McPaul" <dmcpaul@lumley.com.au> To: <informix-list@iiug.org> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 12:30 AM Subject: RE: Important Newsgroup Virus Information > I clicked on the link but all it said was > > "Could NOT install Virus - Windows not detected" :-) > > Do people really get caught with these things? > > The same person blasts the same url with different messages over and over > again and people click on it anyway? > > Cheers > David > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: sysadmin@optonline.net [mailto:sysadmin@optonline.net] > > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 12:09 AM > > To: informix-list@iiug.org > > Subject: Important Newsgroup Virus Information > > > > > > There have been numerous reports about a new virus > > circulating the newsgroups. Please click here for more > > information. Thank you. > > > > http://www.iwars.net/dmxdvc.html > > > > Regards > > > > This e-mail is intended for the use of the individual or entity named above and may contain information that is confidential and privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately at helpdesk@lumley.com.au and destroy the original message. While this mail and any attachments have been scanned for common computer viruses and found to be virus free, we recommend you also perform your own virus checking processes before opening any attachments. > sending to informix-list sending to informix-list