medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
I downloaded the Avast anti-virus for free, and it scans all my emails,
gifs, jpg's and I have had no problems whatsoever. The Avast even announces
if an email has a possible virus and you have options to do something about
it.
Regards,
Aida
Aida M. Benitez i Rexach
«Non dimitere credere pro credere, sed pro intelligere» (Ramon Llull)
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From: "Robert Kraft" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 2:30 AM
Subject: Re: [M-R] Attachment etiquette ("Virophobia")
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> I call it "virophobia," and I've had a bad case of it for years. If it's
> contagious, that's good. Even if I know an attachment is coming, I'll try
to open
> it on another machine -- a luxury everyone might not have.
>
> Bob
>
> > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
culture
> >
> > Good day, eh?
> >
> > As the fellow who wrote the book said,
> > "Only the paranoid survive."
> >
> > May I suggest that no one ever open an
> > attachment they do not already KNOW is
> > coming. Yes, I know that means you may
> > delete the 73 gifs of photos your cousin
> > took on his trip to Pittsburg. However,
> > the only way we shall learn that it has
> > become possible to infect a computer
> > with a .gif file is when one of us opens
> > one and zappp!!! he/she owns an infected
> > computer.
> >
> > When sending an attachment, first let the
> > recipient know it is coming, what size it
> > is, its file type, and what the text of the
> > accompanying message will say.
> >
> > Never try to send an attachment to a list.
> > If the list server does not filter it out,
> > we who are paranoid will wonder and wonder
> > and wonder. [Most lists forbid the sending
> > of attachments on list.]
> >
> > There are literally hundreds of great folks
> > on this list, many of whom have gone out of
> > their way to help me. Sadly, there are some
> > really sad cases wandering around in cyberspace
> > who know how to get access to the addresses
> > on med-rel or virtually any other list they
> > want. They then share this info with other
> > sorry souls who are capable of doing serious
> > harm to your nice computer and mine. While
> > there are lots of very reliable anti-virus
> > programs and services, no one of them is
> > perfect. It is lamentable, but one of the
> > best defences against viri is paranoia. If
> > you didn't know that attachment was coming,
> > delete it. You can always ask the sender
> > what it was, saying that your anti-virus
> > device (i.e. your paranoia) deleted it. If
> > it is the cousin's gifs of Pittsburg, you
> > can then get them sent you a second time.
> >
> >
> > Regards to all,
> >
> > Frank (still surviving, so still paranoid)
> >
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