Re: Warning! Virus!

From: Active8 (reply2group_at_ndbbm.net)
Date: 12/30/04


Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 14:53:35 -0500

On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 14:33:20 +0100, Frank Bemelman wrote:

> "Anders F" <af-spam@hi5.dk> schreef in bericht
> news:33icimF40u7rhU1@individual.net...
>> "Frank Bemelman" <f.bemelmanq@xs4all.invalid.nl> wrote in message
>> news:41d3f6c6$0$6209$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...
>>> "Robert Baer" <robertbaer@earthlink.net> schreef in bericht
>>> news:41D3DDDB.90C1B4B6@earthlink.net...
>>> >
>>> > ** W A R N I N G **
>>> > That URL has a nasty virus!
>>>
>>> What kind? I clicked it yesterday and saw an unshaven Santa with a
>>> gun.
>>
>> I guess a shaven Santa would be more scary for most ;-)
>>
>>> Other than that, I have not noticed anything strange yet.
>>
>> You just wait *muhahaha*. ;oP
>> In any case all those virus warnings create more noise than they help!
>> People should just keep their anti-virus and windows updated - and don't
> do
>> obvious stupid stuff ;-)
>
> Clicking a valid url is not that bad, is it? I have no virus checker, never
> had. I install the MS patches when I am advised to do so, and that's it.

Those patches won't stop a downloaded malware program you run. That
URL is unavailable now, but I run Antivir and I detected nothing bad
when I visited that link.

-- 
Best Regards,
Mike


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