Re: Welcome to my hometown

[Leslie Bialler lb136@xxxxxxxx]

Rene says:

> Frankly, this whole virus scare gets so boring. I would love to join the
> hysteria if I could see a reason.... but all I see is executable
> attachments being sent around, and people stupid enough to run them. And
> for that they need intrusive virus software? Does this look like a
> jumbo-sized scam, or what?
>

Quite so. Look at this link:

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Picture-Virus.html

You'll note that this is a virus that does no harm and was sent to McAfee by
some person they will not id merely to demonstrate that they could create
such a virus.

McAfee, of course, immediately wrote the code to detect and remove said
virus, and is now busily "scaring the horses," or "making the world safe
from hackers," whichever. I report. You decide.




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