[Dixielandjazz] Enough, already!

[Chris Calabrese]

There were several viruses that hit the scene all at once this past week,
but you are making way too big a deal out of it if you are too freaked out
to open *any* e-mail whatsoever. The e-mails can't hurt you, it's the
attachments that hurt you. Open the e-mail, just don't open the attachment.
If you get an e-mail with an attachment just delete it; 19 viruses is not
too much for your delete key to handle, trust me.

E-mail viruses use fake return addresses, so just because an e-mail appears
to have come from someone on the list, it likely did not.

One thing all Windows users should do (that most don't) is run Windows
Update once in a while to patch security holes. Start Internet Explorer (the
thing you use to view websites) then click the Tools menu and choose Windows
Update.

Never open any e-mail attachments unless you're confident you know what
you're doing, and never pay any attention to e-mail that looks like it came
from eBay or Amazon.com or anywhere else that asks you to click on a link to
go to a Web page to update your credit card or password information,
regardless of how official looking it appears to be. If you think you may
actually need to update your credit card information on eBay, start your Web
browser (another name for the thing you use to view websites), enter
www.ebay.com in the address bar, and follow the instructions to update your
credit card information; do not directly click links you find in an e-mail.

~ Chris Calabrese

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Ingle" <dingle at baldwin-net.com>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 1:38 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Enough, already!


> Sorry Gang, but I will not open any mail for the next week. My IPS's
> firewall struck over 50 percent of the posts sent me today...viruses up
the
> kazoo. Some came from listee sources so there is a serious bit of
infection
> out there today.If you send me anything,via the list I will not open it.
> When 35 posts had 19 viruses, it's just too much for one little delete
> button to handle.
> Those that need to reach me can send me an off-list post. My IPS firewall
> and my own Norton is good, but this has gotten out of all reason.
> I hope they somehow catch the bastards who do this crap. I have the
perfect
> cure. It involves a sharp knife and no anesthetic...screams in falsetto
will
> be music to my ears.
> See you after the vacation...maybe!!
> Don Ingle
>
>
>
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