Re: VIRUS ATTACHMENTS LAUNCHING AUTOMATICALLY

From: Ben Measures (saint_abroadremove_at_removehotmail.com)
Date: 01/31/04

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    Mimic wrote:
    > "Ben Measures" <saint_abroadremove@removehotmail.com> wrote in message
    > news:EOlSb.1418$Q63.1330@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk...
    >
    >>Heather wrote:
    >>
    >>>Outlook Express can be quite safe IF you make sure it is updated and/or
    >>>patched.
    >>
    >>Then how comes OE/IE keep needing new patches?
    >>
    >>--
    >>Ben M.
    >>
    >>----------------
    >
    > same reason everything else does
    >
    > --
    > Mimic

    Whats that reason? Oh yes, of course - there are always undiscovered
    vunerabilities in complex software. Thus, you can't possibly say any
    piece of software is "quite safe" (unless you personally study the
    source code).

    That's all I was trying to say. 

    -- 
Ben M.
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To protect the small enterprise from bigger companies.
What do Software Patents do?
In its current form, they protect only companies with
big legal departments as they:
a.) Patent everything no matter how general
b.) Sue everybody. Even if the patent can be argued
	invalid, small companies can ill-afford	the
	typical $500k cost of a law-suit (not to mention
	years of harassment).
Don't let them take away your right to program
whatever you like. Make a stand on Software Patents
before its too late.
Read about the ongoing battle at http://swpat.ffii.org/
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