OK, what's the solution?????

From: MJMastrangelo (MJMast_at_aol.com)
Date: 09/22/03 

Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 18:12:07 -0700

When checking your machine - if it doesn't show a virus
the first time make sure to check in safe mode. Sometimes
that makes a difference.

MJM

>-----Original Message-----
>Well, if other's systems are infected with this POS virus
>and it's basically spamming all over the place because a
>person used their real e-mail address to register
>somewhere, then what can be done to stop the madness then?
>
>I've checked and re-checked my system with both Norton
and
>Stinger, I always check for updates at the MS site and
>Norton site and update continuely to avoid the problems.
>
>So, what some are saying is that the ISP's are being lazy
>and not required to handle problems like this to keep
them
>from occuring.
>
>I would think the ISP's would do their D@mniest to keep
>things going smoothly, but if they feel this in not their
>problem to deal with it, then how in gods name is it
going
>to get handled or fixed?
>
>One more reason to slam the spamer's and protect the
>privacy of the internet user.
>
>On another note, Since I don't use Internet Explorer or
>Outlook, I use Netscape, How or where do I configure my e-
>mail to exclude, killfile or dump these POS e-mails from
>getting into my mailbox in the first place?
>
>Thanks
>.
>

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