[Unschooling-dotcom] general virus smarts
B. Van Brunt
All of this discussion is important, but I just wanted to remind everybody
of some general guidelines to preventing virus infestation.
NEVER open attachments unless you are expecting them. They come in all forms
and with all types of subject lines. As we have seen from this one, they can
come as replies to messages you send (thus no tell tale subject line) and
can have a message that seems like the sender might have written it (it may
be reasonable for someone on the group to point us to a pertinent web site
or attachment.)
If you get an unexpected attachment, check with the sender before opening it
and make sure they meant to send it.
If they did NOT, delete the message from your inbox and you deleted items
folder.
You will not do any harm by reading the message, only by opening the
attachment.
Sometimes this can be a pain, but it's better to be safe.
Here is a link to McAfee's tips:
http://dispatch.mcafee.com/virus_tips.asp?cid=1593
I might also add that you should avoid avoid leaving a floppy disk inside of
turned off PC's drive. Once turned on, your PC will look for the first
floppy's sector, and, in case of an infected disk, the virus will run. (This
happened to a friend of mine -- she lost everything on her hard drive.)
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of some general guidelines to preventing virus infestation.
NEVER open attachments unless you are expecting them. They come in all forms
and with all types of subject lines. As we have seen from this one, they can
come as replies to messages you send (thus no tell tale subject line) and
can have a message that seems like the sender might have written it (it may
be reasonable for someone on the group to point us to a pertinent web site
or attachment.)
If you get an unexpected attachment, check with the sender before opening it
and make sure they meant to send it.
If they did NOT, delete the message from your inbox and you deleted items
folder.
You will not do any harm by reading the message, only by opening the
attachment.
Sometimes this can be a pain, but it's better to be safe.
Here is a link to McAfee's tips:
http://dispatch.mcafee.com/virus_tips.asp?cid=1593
I might also add that you should avoid avoid leaving a floppy disk inside of
turned off PC's drive. Once turned on, your PC will look for the first
floppy's sector, and, in case of an infected disk, the virus will run. (This
happened to a friend of mine -- she lost everything on her hard drive.)
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Another thing that we can do is limit sending attachments. If I get an
attachment that I really think is worth forwarding to someone, I will cut
and paste it into a new e-mail, rather than just forward the attachment.
Juno has an option under e-mail preferences "include file attachments in
forwarded messages". I have this disabled (turned off) so that any
e-mail I receive with an attachment will automatically NOT include the
attachment if I decide to forward the e-mail to someone else.
Can't e-mail groups also be set up to NOT allow attachments?
Mary Ellen
Changing the status of mothers,
by gaining real recognition for their work,
is the great unfinished business of the women's movement.
attachment that I really think is worth forwarding to someone, I will cut
and paste it into a new e-mail, rather than just forward the attachment.
Juno has an option under e-mail preferences "include file attachments in
forwarded messages". I have this disabled (turned off) so that any
e-mail I receive with an attachment will automatically NOT include the
attachment if I decide to forward the e-mail to someone else.
Can't e-mail groups also be set up to NOT allow attachments?
Mary Ellen
Changing the status of mothers,
by gaining real recognition for their work,
is the great unfinished business of the women's movement.
[email protected]
<<Another thing that we can do is limit sending attachments. If I get an
attachment that I really think is worth forwarding to someone, I will cut
and paste it into a new e-mail, rather than just forward the
attachment.>>
This virus sends the attachments all by itself. It sends out an email to
addresses from "unread" email and attaches the virus files. The person
who owns the "from" address doesn't even know it has been done.
The ONLY way to prevent becoming infected and thus the source of the
infection is to not open any attachments unless you know what they are
ahead of time.
Kris
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attachment that I really think is worth forwarding to someone, I will cut
and paste it into a new e-mail, rather than just forward the
attachment.>>
This virus sends the attachments all by itself. It sends out an email to
addresses from "unread" email and attaches the virus files. The person
who owns the "from" address doesn't even know it has been done.
The ONLY way to prevent becoming infected and thus the source of the
infection is to not open any attachments unless you know what they are
ahead of time.
Kris
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Johanna
Also another note on this current virus. I went
to both McAfee and Symantec's web sites yesterday and ran their online virus
scan when it started. McAfee did not detect the virus, but Symantec did.
Johanna
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----- Original Message -----From: B. Van BruntSent: Friday, April 20, 2001 11:59 AMSubject: [Unschooling-dotcom] general virus smartsAll of this discussion is important, but I just wanted to remind everybody
of some general guidelines to preventing virus infestation.
NEVER open attachments unless you are expecting them. They come in all forms
and with all types of subject lines. As we have seen from this one, they can
come as replies to messages you send (thus no tell tale subject line) and
can have a message that seems like the sender might have written it (it may
be reasonable for someone on the group to point us to a pertinent web site
or attachment.)
If you get an unexpected attachment, check with the sender before opening it
and make sure they meant to send it.
If they did NOT, delete the message from your inbox and you deleted items
folder.
You will not do any harm by reading the message, only by opening the
attachment.
Sometimes this can be a pain, but it's better to be safe.
Here is a link to McAfee's tips:
http://dispatch.mcafee.com/virus_tips.asp?cid=1593
I might also add that you should avoid avoid leaving a floppy disk inside of
turned off PC's drive. Once turned on, your PC will look for the first
floppy's sector, and, in case of an infected disk, the virus will run. (This
happened to a friend of mine -- she lost everything on her hard drive.)
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yes they can another email group i belong to
does exactly tthat.
Johanna
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----- Original Message -----From: megates@...Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 12:16 PMSubject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] general virus smartsAnother thing that we can do is limit sending attachments. If I get an
attachment that I really think is worth forwarding to someone, I will cut
and paste it into a new e-mail, rather than just forward the attachment.
Juno has an option under e-mail preferences "include file attachments in
forwarded messages". I have this disabled (turned off) so that any
e-mail I receive with an attachment will automatically NOT include the
attachment if I decide to forward the e-mail to someone else.
Can't e-mail groups also be set up to NOT allow attachments?
Mary Ellen
Changing the status of mothers,
by gaining real recognition for their work,
is the great unfinished business of the women's movement.
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