Crossed out post's

From: Pam (misha_at_bluenowhere.com)
Date: 09/26/03


Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 20:28:37 -0700


Thanks, but I'm accessing this board thru a newsreader
(OE) and 'many' times there are attachments on the
post's, which of course I never open. Occasionally
you'll see someone post, "ABOVE POST IS A VIRUS, DON'T
OPEN" so I wondered how they would know this unless they
were able to scan it somehow. In OE, there seem to be at
least 6 or more of these crossed out post's just today.

>-----Original Message-----
>no you cannot scan a post.. a post cannot contain a
virus
>unless it has some sort of attachment of VB script,
which
>they can't because users dont have access to this sort
of
>thing in this forum.
>im not quite sure of these 'crosses' you refer to..
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I'm new to this type of board, and have been wondering,
>why are certain
>>post's crossed out? Are they malicious post's, or
>something else entirely?
>>Also, I don't understand why someone would include an
>attachment on this
>>board. I always steered clear of them, but is there a
>legitimate reason to
>>do so? One more thing, I have NAV, and want to know if
>you can scan the
>>post's someway? It seems that other's have this
>capability, so can I do
>>this with my AV? If so, haven't been able to figure it
>out.
>>
>>Thanks in advance for any help.
>>
>>Pam
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>



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