Klarinet Archive - Posting 001225.txt from 1999/04

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] The 6:06 post from rpsanders has the SKA virus.
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 16:17:53 -0400

>When I reached that point in reading the
> digest, I found a large section of text gobbledeygook. I deleted that
> section, read the rest of the digest, then went back into AOL and
deleted
> that entire digest from "old mail," although I've kept the text-only
version
> (with that message expurgated) on the floppy. My computer has
14-month-old
> IBM Virus Protect software installed that functions automatically at
set
> intervals. The SKA file is not in my Windows System files now. Is
there
> anything else I need to do to make sure it can't get there?

Nothing. The text "gobbledygook" could be decoded to create the nasty
little thing; as long as you don't decode it you're cool.

Mark C.

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