Re: HOT HOT HOT (dont open it)

Dave Hinz melodiously murmured in news:bn1tp0$rlu8q$ snipped-for-privacy@ID-134476.news.uni-berlin.de:

>> >> And just FYI, MDT Tech, there are viruses that do not require an >> attachment. Having a firewall prevents most of those. > > ...and having anything but Windows prevents nearly all of them as > well... > >

...*if* you have a Classic-System Mac (

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Tegger®
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Perhaps, but these are neither viruses, nor are they worms.

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Dave Hinz

Dave Hinz melodiously murmured in news:bn1voe$s25un$ snipped-for-privacy@ID-134476.news.uni-berlin.de:

True, but they can compromise your computer to similar effect.

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Tegger®

For values of "similar" which involve orders of magnitude less frequent, likely, or prevalent, yes.

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Dave Hinz

Dave Is there any way to protect an address book short of just not having one? davidj92

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davidj92

Short answer: Use anything but Outlook. Longer answer: don't open any attachments, keep your firewall turned on, keep your security updates up to date, don't buy Windows next time around, and so on.

This is probably way, way off-topic for any of the groups it's on, but my email works if you'd like to talk about this in detail.

Dave Hinz

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Dave Hinz

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