medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
John McChesney-Young <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>"Malware" is a general term for worms, viruses, and trojans and therefore
essentially means "any sort of software designed to make your
computer do something you wouldn't want it to."
somehow, i do not believe that this hi-fallutin term will catch on in the
non-romance-language-speaking world.
>I suspect that many people got the same message that Laura, Bella,
and I did.
i did.
>It had an attachment which I'm 99% sure was a virus
it did --my email provider (usa.net) has some pretty effective AV softwhere
(though, occasionally something suspicious does get through), and it caught
this one and stripped the attachment off, so that i could read the message but
couldn't open the attachment, even if i wanted to.
i no longer have the message in my trash, so i can't say how the file was
identified, however.
>I have a Mac and so can't easily make a positive ID
well, you Mackersloshers deserve whatever you get.
>despite CC's assurances to the contrary, it *is* capable of infecting a
computer when a message containing it is simply opened by the
recipient....even looking at the e-mail is enough *if* you're using an
unpatched version of Outlook and Internet Explorer.
now, JMcY, you didn't properly scan my Limpid Prose (which is not Deftless,
yet), viz. :
>if it ever comes to pass that the pathetic bastards who play these games
actually figure out a way to create a virus/worm which can infect machines via
an email message without the attached file being opened (either deliberately
or
*********by something like that *stupid* damned MS Outlook default setting
which automatically opens attachments --as in: "DUH, Bill, What *were* you
thinking??")********,
if that **ever** happens, then it will be the End of Email Civilisation As We
Know & Love It, for sure.
but, that cute little Outlook problem has been around long enough such that
anyone who still runs theirs unpatched just Isn't Paying Attention and should
be considered Totally Hopeless.
>In addition I'd make the potentially controversial suggestion that given the
frequent discoveries of vulnerability in MS's e-mail programs it might be
prudent to consider switching to an application that doesn't require such
frequent patches to plug security holes.
contraversial ?
the suggestion that using MS products might not "be prudent" ?
aw, shucks, J., say it ain't so.
best from here,
christopher
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