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Re: Virus warnings on Sq Ft List

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On 03:49 AM 11/13/99 -0500, herblady wrote:
>Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
>That is incorrect now - I just got an message from PCWeek saying that 
>there is a new virus that is caught and will mess up your contacts list in 
>MS Outlook and MS outlook express.

Only if you let MS Outlook and/or MS IE run VB (visual basic) programs 
automatically.  People who don't let their email software pretend to be 
HTML and VB programs don't have to worry about getting viruses from 
email.  Set your email software to plain text only, don't let it 
automatically run any programs or launch any other applications (such as 
automatically opening a Word .doc file) and you won't have to worry about 
getting a virus by "reading your email".

To repeat:  There is NO WAY you can get a virus just by reading a plain 
text email!  You can only get a virus by running a program!  If you let 
your computer automatically run ANY file or program when it is displaying 
your email you can, and probably eventually will, get hit by a virus or 
worm.  When reading email your computer should ONLY be displaying plain 
text files for you to read.  If your computer does anything else (displays 
HTMLized "pretty text" or launches any helper applications to display other 
files or run other programs) then you are going to regret it sooner or 
later.  Virus protection software can't protect you against the newest 
viruses that haven't yet been added to your software database, and there 
will always be new viruses.

jc
hy wrote:
>>>And you cannot get a virus from a flashing IM or email, you have to
>>> >download....ya know, like, an .exe FILE!
>>  available on our website at:
>><http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/security/sa110999.htm>http://www.antivirus 
>>.com/vinfo/security/sa110999.htm
>>
>>  http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/security/sa110999.htm be, write to 
>> sqft-w.listbot.com/


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