Re: Virus Alert!

In message <1209132421-Re: Virus Alert* @MHS>
M.J.Elliott@uk22p.bull.co.uk writes:
> Is there any truth in this???
> 

Aw, GAWD! Why is it there's always _someone_ who goes for the hoax and
sends 
the entire thing to a mailing list? Wise up people! Does no-one remember
the 
"Good Times" email virus? 

> I seem to remember someone saying that virus propagation via email as 
> described below is impossible???
> 

Cripes.

> 
> Mike Elliott
> 
> 
> late.  The "trojan horse" virus will have already infected the boot
sector 
> of your hard drive, destroying all of the data present.  It is a 

Not (as far as I know) very easily done. Anyone capable of doing this
kind of 
programming is probably locked away in a nice, warm padded cell. 

> self-replicating virus, and once the message is read, it will
AUTOMATICALLY 
> forward itself to anyone who's e-mail address is present in YOUR
mailbox!
> 

Yeah.. right. 

And, pray tell, does it somehow magically turn on your modem, connect
you to 
your server and upload all the forwards? I bet it does...

> potntial to do a great deal of DAMAGE to computer networks
worldwide!!!!
> 

It's SOOOO damaging it hasn't been heard of before now. IBM haven't
warned us, 
Microsoft aren't scared and Demon Internet rpoviders haven't included
this 
warning in the nes bulletin. _That's_ how scared they are.

Now please, it's off topic and very annoying.

> 
> 

 Tom Payne

 "Air Columbia; why fly, when you can float?"