On Mon, Dec 24, 2001 at 12:21:41PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: | on Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 01:39:59PM -0500, dman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: | > | > I have a friend who uses windows and aol. Yesterday he fell for the | > hoax that says the long-filename support files are a virus and removed | > it. Today he saw that many copies of a gential enlargment spam | > message were sent from his email account. He doesn't have any virus | > scan software, and I am in the process of obtaining some to scan his | > system. | > | > I am wondering if anyone is familiar with a windows virus/worm that | > sends out spam messages through aol. If you have heard of something, | > please let me know so I can research it and help my friend clean his | > system. | | Cheapbytes sells GNU/Linux install disks for about $10, shipping | included. A real ISP will support GNU/Linux.
Linux vs. Windows isn't the point here. This friend (and his family) are non-geeks. I've mentioned linux to him, and he is curious about it, but needs to have basic functionality of his system (email, web, typing papers/homework) at all times for his whole family. | Google "virus alert" should tell you all you need to know. That turns up enough reading to last a lifetime or more :-). -D -- "Don't use C; In my opinion, C is a library programming language not an app programming language." - Owen Taylor (GTK+ developer)
