Ladies! Can we please try and keep this civil. We are starting to get close to what seems like personal attacks. I don't really want to have to drop this list because of the squabbles of a few of its members. If I wanted to listen to petty fighting I'd go back to running kids summer camps.
Maggie Koenig Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® -----Original Message----- From: Lavolta Press <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:22:03 To: Historical Costume<[email protected]> Reply-To: Historical Costume <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [h-cost] Puts the burden where it belongs! So don't buy anti-virus software or a firewall, don't use an ISP who filters out malware before you download it, and don't mouse over links to see what they really are. Just don't click on any links. Or don't read any email at all. Not being on the Internet is the best way to avoid all such risks, though BTW that doesn't work 100% either if you exchange files with people by any other means. But an email intro will do zip, zilch, and nada to prevent malware. Fran On 9/21/2012 1:41 PM, Charlene Charette wrote: > On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Lavolta Press <[email protected]> wrote: >> Um, you are aware that there could be accompanying text and the link could >> still contain a virus? All the junk my ISP's spamcatcher dumps into my >> graymail has accompanying text. >> >> This is a ridiculous discussion, as the only person it matters to whether >> you click on a link, is you. Thankfully, this moribund list seems to be >> moving on to some actual content. > Clicking on malware links doesn't affect only that one user. Some of > these links install malware on the clicker's machine and send the > links to everyone in their contacts list, including all the mailing > lists. Since these emails are from (or appear to be from) a trusted > friend, more people click them. This is how botnets are created. > Several lists I'm on are currently undergoing these attacks as more > and more members of the list are being infected. > > --Charlene > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
