[pct-l] email worm

[jerrygoller at backpackgeartest.org (Jerry Goller)]

Interesting. Except for #1, I break all of these. I'm certainly not a na?ve,
simple, computer user. I've never had a virus get in or out past my
anti-virus software and firewall. My normal email mode is HTML. I use IE6. I
use Office Pro 2002. I also, of course, use auto update on everything, so I
really don't have to do anything. Well, I do weekly deep scans, so I guess I
do *something*.
It's amazing how irresponsible, na?ve, simple minded, dumb luck can work out
sometimes, isn't it.......   ;o)
Actually, I've never been able to understand how anyone manages to *get* a
virus, much less pass it on.
Jerry

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reviews and tests on the planet.



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From: pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net
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Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 11:08 AM
To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: re:Re: [pct-l] email worm


As long as the subject has been raised, here are
some other steps that Windows PC users can take
to avoid being nuisances to other pct-l members:

1) Never send attachments and never open them.   
   Ever!   Get a free website and learn how to use
   that to distribute non-text items.

2) Never send html-formatted email.    It tends to
   look like and be treated like spam.   email is
   for plain text messages.

3) Don't use Internet Explorer except for sites
   that are misdesigned to not work with anything
   else (and if that's the case, why do you want
   to go there?)   A free and easy-to-install
   simple browser is Firefox from
   http://www.mozilla.org

4) Don't use Outlook or Outlook Express.
   A free and easy-to-install simple mail client
   is Thunderbird from http://www.mozilla.org 

5) Don't use Microsoft Office.
   A free and easy-to-install alternative suitable
   for most users is OpenOffice from
   http://www.openoffice.org

Safe computing is like safe sex or safe hiking
for that matter.    Nobody else
can be responsible on your behalf.   Others can and
must take steps to protect themselves if you
choose to be irresponsible, but in the long run
as well as the short it's better for everybody
to be responsible for not contributing to the
problems themselves.