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Hello Roy,
RJ> FWIW, I had 2 reply emails (Trader2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) from omega list archive sent
RJ> to me yesterday that were in response to messages that I had responded to over
RJ> 2 years ago. Both were in infected with some worm virus.
let me apologize for the emails that were sent out yesterday infected
with a virus. the reason the emails were two years old is that, i
have an old win 98 machine that i installed on my network so i could
dig around on the hard drive for some files i thought i needed. that
machine has microsoft's mail program outlook on it.
while i was on the network i opened a web browser to a site that
informed me i needed to upgrade. so after i checked the browser was
kinda old and so i did upgrade from microsoft's web site. it was the
version 5.5 ie explorer. after the upgrade it had to reboot when it
re booted the hard drive started churning. then the outgoing mail box
popped up for outlook. i immediately ran around and unplugged the box
from the network.
i checked and it send about 50 emails, 30 of those were returned to my
mail server (which i run my own) that is on another machine on the
network. i have non conclusions other than i got the virus from the
microsoft 5.5 and or web security upgraded package(s) i downloaded
from them. the virus was born when i re booted the machine.
since i have gone in the registry and eliminated all outlook entries
completely. it will send no more mail period, and for those who
slipped thru i apologize.
to anyone i would recommend "the bat" email client at
http://www.ritlabs.com .it's a great mail program and not susceptible
to all these viruses. i can not understand what the deal is with
microsoft in there quest to integrate web services into their
operating systems, they have opened up control of the os to hackers.
ps i think we can see 700 on the sp and maybe mid 400's where it all
began.
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Have a Great Day, Mark
http://www.markbrown.com
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