Re: Virus Alert
From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospam.cableone.net)
Date: 09/09/03
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Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 18:59:09 -0600
Greetings --
No, there is no moderator.
Actually, that particular question has been answered dozens of
times already. All you have to do is read some of the replies. As
has been said many times, it's nothing more than a poorly crafted
advertising scam, trying to capitalize on the recent W32.Blaster.Worm
outbreak. There is, to date, no such virus.
The easiest way to tell if a virus warning is legitimate is to
apply a little thing called common sense. Do you really think perfect
strangers are going to pull _your_ email address out of the air and
send you a warning out of the goodness of your heart? When unsure,
simply check one or more of the dozens of Internet sites that post
virus information.
Bruce Chambers
-- Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. -- RAH "Gus373" <gus373@aol.com> wrote in message news:398e01c37610$9b5a0c30$a301280a@phx.gbl... > Is there a moderator on these boards. If so would > appreciate answer from you as well as others. > > There are several posts on this board that have not been > satisfactorily answered concerning a message being > received - an alert from Microsoft Internet Explorer re > Virus Warning!!! W32 RPC Virus Detected. Is this an ad or > what? I scanned my computer with NAV 2003 and scanned via > the Symantec website and I have no viruses. This is > scary. Is it legit? > > On one other occasion I got a message that was not legit. > How can you tell if messages are legit? > > Gus
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