Re: Virus warnings on Sq Ft List

Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html Dear SFGr's
I think the recent gobletygoop was a "font" that many of our browsers couldn't read. If you opened it, this would soon become apparent. I thought I might go off topic for a chuckle; the attached is from an informal info list- pay attention to what the author says about viruses! %:)
Forever reading,
Fred

Whoever decided to create this note and forward it on should receive
> some type of humanitarian award.  It says it all!
>
> 1.  Big companies don't do business via chain letters. Bill Gates is
not
> giving you $1000, and Disney is not giving you a free vacation. There
is
> no baby food company issuing class action checks. Procter and Gamble is
>
> not part of a satanic cult or scheme, and its logo is not satanic. MTV
> will not give you backstage passes if you forward something to the most
>
> people.
> You can relax; there is no need to pass it on "just in case it's true".
>
> Furthermore, just because someone said in a message, four generations
> back, that "we checked it out and it's legit", does not actually make
it
> true.
>
> 2.  There is no kidney theft ring in New Orleans. No one is waking up
in
> a bathtub full of ice, even if a friend of a friend swears it happened
> to their cousin. If you are hell-bent on believing the kidney theft
ring
> stories, please see:
> http://urbanlegends.tqn.com/library/weekly/aa062997.htm
> And I quote: "The National Kidney Foundation has repeatedly issued
> requests for actual victims of organ thieves to come forward and tell
> their stories.
> None have."  That's "none" as in "zero". Not even your friend's cousin.
>
>
> 3.  Neiman Marcus doesn't really sell a $200 cookie recipe. And even if
>
> they do, we all have it. And even if you don't, you can get a copy at:
> http://www.bl.net/forwards/cookie.html Then, if you make the recipe,
> decide the cookies are that awesome, feel free to pass the recipe on.
>
> 4.  If the latest NASA rocket disaster(s) DID contain plutonium that
> went to particulate over the eastern seaboard, do you REALLY think this
>
> information would reach the public via an AOL chain letter?
>
> 5.  There is no "Good Times" virus. In fact, you should never, ever,
ever forward any email containing any virus warning unless you first
confirm it at an actual site of an actual company that actually deals
with viruses.
Try: http://www.norton.com And even then, don't forward it. We don't
care.
And you cannot get a virus from a flashing IM or email, you have to
>download....ya know, like, an .exe FILE!
>
>6.  There is no gang initiation plot to murder any motorist who flashes
headlights at another car driving at night without lights.
>
>7.  If you're using Outlook, IE, or Netscape to write email, turn off
the "HTML encoding." Those of us on Unix shells can't read it, and don't
>
care enough to save the attachment and then view it with a web browser,
since you're probably forwarding us a copy of the Neiman Marcus Cookie
Recipe anyway.
>
>8.  If you still absolutely MUST forward that 10th-generation message
from a friend, at least have the decency to trim the eight miles of
headers showing everyone else who's received it over the last 6 months.
It sure wouldn't hurt to get rid of all the ">" that begin each line
either.  Besides, if it has gone around that many times we've probably
already seen it.
>
>9.  Craig Shergold (or Sherwood, or Sherman, etc.) in England is not
dying of cancer or anything else at this time and would like everyone to
>
stop sending him their business cards. He apparently is no longer a
>"little boy" either.
>
>10. The "Make a Wish" foundation is a real organization doing fine work,
>
but they have had to establish a special toll free hot line in response
to the large number of Internet hoaxes using their good name and
reputation. It is distracting them from the important work they do.
>
>11. If you are one of those insufferable idiots who forwards anything
that "promises" something bad will happen if you "don't," then something
>
bad will
>
>12. Women really are suffering in Afghanistan, and PBS and NEA funding
are still vulnerable to attack (although not at the present time) but
forwarding an e-mail won't help either cause in the least. If you want
to help, contact your local legislative representative, or get in touch
with Amnesty International or the Red Cross. As a general rule, e-mail
>"signatures"

Patricia Santhuff wrote:

Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html

Thanks for the heads up. Can you tell us (a) who's sending them and (b) what
virus protection you are using?

thanks,

Patricia S.

>
>> I don't know what this is, but I have gotten 2 virus warnings on my computer
>>  from messages from this list. I don't know what virus it is because I have
>> the
>>  option to delete it first, and of course I delete it!
>>
>>      Susan Seifert in zone 9
>scary stuff
>
>
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