Klarinet Archive - Posting 000220.txt from 2004/03

From: "Stan Elias" <elias1@------.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Virus
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 10:42:05 -0500

Ken Wolman wrote:

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>
> Rule One: If you don't know the sender don't open the attachment. There
> is no Rule Two.
>
Actually, Ken, knowing the sender is no guarantee because some viruses will
use an infected computer's address book to make it look like the infected
computer is sending the attachment.

My accountant and I regularly exchange humor through email attachments, so I
didn't think twice before opening an attachment ostensibly from him. Took me
the better part of a week to finally get rid of the virus I unleashed.

Stan