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Is anyone else being deluged with Virus/Worm email messages?
-- ================================ Me too - 2000 per day. Terrorist attack or just another up-and-coming Bill Gates? G4FGQ, UK |
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On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 19:01:51 +0000 (UTC), "Reg Edwards"
wrote: Is anyone else being deluged with Virus/Worm email messages? -- ================================ Me too - 2000 per day. Terrorist attack or just another up-and-coming Bill Gates? G4FGQ, UK Me too, 49 yesterday and 80 today. Walt, W2DU |
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"Reg Edwards" wrote in message ... Is anyone else being deluged with Virus/Worm email messages? -- ================================ Me too - 2000 per day. Terrorist attack or just another up-and-coming Bill Gates? G4FGQ, UK I don't recall anything in Gates' career that's equivalent to the present worm attack. Do you have any factual backup for your off-hand slander? Ed WB6WSN |
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Ed Price wrote:
"Reg Edwards" wrote in message ... Is anyone else being deluged with Virus/Worm email messages? -- ================================ Me too - 2000 per day. Terrorist attack or just another up-and-coming Bill Gates? G4FGQ, UK I don't recall anything in Gates' career that's equivalent to the present worm attack. Do you have any factual backup for your off-hand slander? He isn't responsible for this. But he IS responsible for the abysmally poor software his company writes. It is a litany of flaws. - Mike KB3EIA - |
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"Mike Coslo" wrote in message ... Ed Price wrote: "Reg Edwards" wrote in message ... Is anyone else being deluged with Virus/Worm email messages? -- ================================ Me too - 2000 per day. Terrorist attack or just another up-and-coming Bill Gates? G4FGQ, UK I don't recall anything in Gates' career that's equivalent to the present worm attack. Do you have any factual backup for your off-hand slander? He isn't responsible for this. But he IS responsible for the abysmally poor software his company writes. It is a litany of flaws. - Mike KB3EIA - My point is that you should save your litanies for the correct occasions. You can't respond to every net problem with a half-ass reference to "Redmond" or "Gates". In point of fact, this IS a terrorist attack. Although software should be robust, the majority of your ire should be directed toward the terrorist attacker. Ed WB6WSN |
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"Ed Price" wrote in message
I don't recall anything in Gates' career that's equivalent to the present worm attack. Do you have any factual backup for your off-hand slander? Ed WB6WSN Well, as far as I'm concerned, he had as much hand in it as anyone. If his company would quit selling reader software with enough holes to qualify as swiss cheese, many of these macro viruses wouldn't have a leg to stand on. I've had 100's of server returns accusing me of spreading viruses, and also that I'm running Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000. But this is not the case. I use old bulletproof netscape 3.1 to read mail. These viruses are a non issue to me. Why are they an issue to a software that is supposed to be a step up from the ancient reader I'm using? If everyone would quit running Billware 6.00.2600.0000, we could nip this macro virus thing in the bud. Probably would stop 90% of it overnight. Heck, with all the latest holes in these new win OS's they are spitting out, I'm temped to stay with win98 a few more years. MK |
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"Mark Keith" wrote in message om... "Ed Price" wrote in message I don't recall anything in Gates' career that's equivalent to the present worm attack. Do you have any factual backup for your off-hand slander? Ed WB6WSN Well, as far as I'm concerned, he had as much hand in it as anyone. If his company would quit selling reader software with enough holes to qualify as swiss cheese, many of these macro viruses wouldn't have a leg to stand on. I've had 100's of server returns accusing me of spreading viruses, and also that I'm running Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000. But this is not the case. I use old bulletproof netscape 3.1 to read mail. These viruses are a non issue to me. Why are they an issue to a software that is supposed to be a step up from the ancient reader I'm using? If everyone would quit running Billware 6.00.2600.0000, we could nip this macro virus thing in the bud. Probably would stop 90% of it overnight. Heck, with all the latest holes in these new win OS's they are spitting out, I'm temped to stay with win98 a few more years. MK In other words, nothing factual, just "as far as I'm concerned." Thank you for your rant. Ed WB6WSN |
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Roger Halstead wrote in message
I would respectfully suggest that you upgrade to one of the later versions of Netscape. 3.1 is about as open to giving out your information as any produced. I only use it to read mail. I don't browse with it. Besides, thats a different issue than the micro viruses being discussed. P.S I have newer versions of netscape. KInd of like playing cards. Take your pick. It's a knee jerk reaction to blame the OS (which do have lots of holes in them), but in reality the blame for well over 90% of the problem comes directly from us...the users. No, it's not a knee jerk reaction. The OS security problems I refer to have nothing to do with the discussed macro viruses. They are altogether different problems. Just as serious though. Probably more so. The new ones are no worse than 98, or 98 SE. They sure are no better. I would say worse....But, it's not really important. I don't have any trouble with any of these worms, viruses, etc. So anything I say can hardly be called a knee jerk reaction. I have plenty of unmolested time to think about it. MK |
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