1. RE: VIRUS ALERT: w32/bugbear@MM
> I got an advisory about this one a couple of days ago. A subsequent
> complete virus
> scan showed no presence of it on my machine.
>
i did read this message, thinking it was safe. hmmm.
i noticed an address in my email address book i deleted a couple of days
ago. don't know how long it was there though.
perf-... at boing.topica.com.
did receive an email today from my isp about an email of my message to a
jonathan moore.
1.i don't know him.
2. i didn't send to him
3. i did not read this message simply deleted it.
i modified my address book months ago by changing the email addresses in
it in a simply way. by adding an extra letter that i would have to
remove after putting it in my outgoing email. a bit of a bother but it
should give some protection to those addresses from programs that want
to simply copy and use.
because the address is fake , if anything used it from my computer then
i would see an error email in my box.
i also put a fake email in my address book so it would be used and then
respond with an error message.
hmm, if a virus has a signature to be detected, then programs they
attach to should also have a signature to be found and attached to.
if anti-virus programs would hide your apps signature so virus could not
find them then they could stop a lot of spreading. but instead try to
look for something after the fact , after it has done some
damage/spreading around.
but they make money doing it the current way.
later
rudy
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