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Re: [SG] Warning about email attachments

Thanks very much Diana,

I would add that I have received graphic files from artist friends and
realised that an image directed into your own personal mailbox can have such
a powerful emotional impact that it could be wise only to view a file from a
known and trusted sender.

One day I was spammed with an image from a stranger. I can't prove that I
deleted pornographic harassment, because I didn't look, but if I did, I am
really glad that I established my own guidelines before it happened.

Rachel

At 20:20 02/05/98 -0400, Plant Collector wrote:
>Hi:
>
>Every so often a warning goes out about viruses being attached to emails.
We get told not to worry about it.  Well, I beg to differ tonight.  My son
just had over 80 viruses copied to his harddrive in seconds by a email
attachment from a total stranger.  He opened it thinking it was legitimate.
>
>The screen read "Have a nice day" and then enough happened that he is now
reformatting a 4 gigabyte harddrive.
>
>Since we can never be sure who EVERYone on a list is, I am notifying the
lists I own to be very careful about attachments to emails.  I wouldn't have
believed this horror story if it hadn't happened to our family!
>
>I would like everyone on these lists to make a practice of KNOWING the
person who send you an .exe file attachment before risking opening it and
having this happen to you.  My son will be spending an all-niter redoing his
computer and redoing 7 hours of work on a major science project due early
this week.  This means I have to put up with his complaints, etc.
>
>Diana Pederson, Michigan, Zone 5, United States
>SUITE101 Editor:  http://www.suite101.com/topics/page.cfm/262
>Home page:  http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/1945/index.html
>
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