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April 28th 05, 01:48 AM
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Dan wrote: In article .com, wrote: Dan wrote: In article . com, wrote: I ahve only been on rec.ra this week and was scanning the posts on Monday ... You're nuts. You can't "get a virus" from reading text messages. If you actually got a virus, you got it somewhere else, not from reading messages here. Get a clue. Dan .................................................. ............................. ... I hadn't been anywhere else, and I got it again from the same post. Still interested in useful clues.......73........ Here's a clue - text messages can *not* give you a "virus". *If* the message contains a binary attachment, and *if* you save it, and *if* you then execute it, then it can happen. But not from just reading plain text messages. Dan .................................................. .................................. It did it again today on rec.radio.shwve. 400meg of memory used up in an instant. I did the usual clean-up routines mentioned above and later surfed the net, looked through ebay, paid some bills, read lots of mail, sent some...the computer worked flawlessly. However, on returning to rec.radio, this time I went through AOL wondering if their virus protection (McAfee) would make any difference. I looked around the site as per usual but this time nothing went wrong. Is it the AOL filters that make a difference or has the perp gone to supper? Or is it something else? All I know is what happened and these are the facts: 1. The thing (I am unsure what it is) uses up 400 mb of memory and freezes the computer in an instant. 2. It only does it when I am reading rec.radio.shortwave. No other sites are affected. 3. It gets by Norton, Sygate, Ad-Aware, and Spybot. 4. The above programs clean it up, ready for the next round. 5. No attachments or links are opened. 6. I have read rec.radio for years using Netscape and the same computer without any problem. Is it a program bug somewhere? Has anyone else been affected? Is it a deep virus that emerges for some purpose? And why only rec.radio? Maybe some mysteries are too deep for the human mind to fathom. So, as a work-around, I can comfortably access the site through AOL and move on to other things: I just thought that some of the group hot-shots would recognize the virus (if it is a virus) but it's not a big deal. The thing is that there is no point in saying that because of this and that it could not happen. It DOES happen exactly the way I described. Also, I realize that this is not a computer forum but thanks to those who offered their ideas....73.......ken........end..... |
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