Re: GUN AUCTION IS A VIRUS!! DO NOT OPEN!!!

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From: behanna
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 00:00

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In att.talk.guns Kam <no.spam.you.pricks@hotmail.com> wrote:
> If you had the Netscape at default configuration, you can
> get a virus to run automatically.  To avoid this, go to EDIT
> PREFERENCES ADVANCED and deselect ENABLE JAVASCRIPT
> FOR MAIL and NEWS.

    Um, no, that won't do it.  "Happy99.exe" is a Windows executable,
not a Javascript gee-gaw.  The way to avoid being infected is to
simply not run it.

    Note that if you use Outlook or Outlook Express, and have a
default selected to open attachments automatically, then you're
screwed.  Best not to use that crappy software anyway.

> [...get a virus scanner...]

    Or don't run Windows.  :-)

> Just like you're vigilent in regards to your rights, you
> should also be vigilant in regards to your PC.

    Agreed.

-- 
Chris BeHanna
Software Engineer (at yourfit.com)
behanna@zbzoom.net



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