Re: *** Off topic: ILOVEYOU virus warning ***

---- you wrote: > >> Europe and Africa are being hammered by a new Outlook-replicated virus which > >> has the subject line "ILOVEYOU" with an attachment called > >> LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.vbs. It seems that the amount of network traffic it > >> generates can bring mailservers to their knees... > >It's also here in the US Dude. I'm thinking of sending it back to the Dude > >with the subject IHATEYOU. > > I don't understand why those of use who don't use Outlook (aka, Look-Out I'm > about to trash your system) have to endure this every time some pre-schooler > exploits (to strong a word) the utter lack of security in a really crappy mail > client. I've gotten at least 40 notices of "ILOVEYOU" so far today, I cosider > THAT a virus. Well I'm not going to explain it to you Dude. You could always stop using email, then you wouldn't get either. AB ---------------------------------------------------------------- Get your free email from AltaVista at http://altavista.iname.com