Richard Crowley wrote:
"Mike Rivers" wrote ...
If it's just a graphic file, it's no problem. I thought the trick that
people were pulling was to name an executable file with an extension
that sends them someplace where they'll be opened automatically, which
starts executing them.

Nobody is safe any more. Throw away your computer and take up the
trombone.

Somebody should come up with an application that scans
ANY file when you open it to see if it is infected. Oh, wait,
we already have that functionality. It is called a virus scanner!

The ONE time I've been infected in the last 10 years was when
I wasn't running a virus scanner.

I advise you to take no precautions, Richard. Everyone else, take this
very seriously. Virus scanners are of no benefit for this one. It
isn't a virus!


Bob
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"Things should be described as simply as possible, but no simpler."

A. Einstein