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Re: Another real virus. Seems to affect all with W95 and later STOPSPAMMING



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Ignore the "Bobs" of the world.  They object to anything that offends THEIR sense
of propriety.  In some venues they correctly spell their name BOOB.

Peter2150@xxxxxxx wrote:

> In a message dated 4/2/00 5:52:20 PM EST, bobg63@xxxxxxx writes:
>
> > This fellow Peter is utilizing the names on the eskimo list for possibly
> >  well intentioned but misguided purposes and obscuring, to a degree, the
> >  mechanism used.
> >
> >  Despite the F-Secure nomenclature his communication has all the hallmark
> >  characteristics of Virus Hoaxes and other nuisance EMail often originating
> >  from Web EMail or AOL addresses.
> >
> >  I disregarded the first Spam sent several days ago, but per the
> >  recommendations of established anti-spamming sites I politely complained
> >  about it this time.
>
> Gads,  this is hilarious.   I have been one of the biggest complainers of
> people who don't check out rumors before posting.   F-Secure, which is a name
> change from an older firm, is also very accurate and reliable on virus and
> hoax stuff.  I used cut and paste as opposed to a forward of their e-mail as
> a courtesy to them.   If you actually read the whole thing all there contact
> information, phone numbers, web sites etc is a the bottom.   Their alerts are
> timely and accurate.  I have posted these as there may be some who haven't
> signed up for an alert, but who might like to be aware of them.
>
> Having said all that, this list is a democracy of sorts.   If the majority
> don't want me to post these alerts in the future, I won't, but if the
> majority do want me to, I will, and Bob, you can delete them.   Fair enough???
>
>                                      Pete