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Nasty New Virus Variants
Lucidus writes "Numerous journals, such as Mac Daily News and The Motley Fool, are reporting that the latest versions of the Beagle/Bagle virus can infect users' computers whether or not they open an attachment. Apparently, the simple act of selecting the message activates the code. Given that you have to select an E-mail to delete it, how are users supposed to protect themselves from this one?"
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"Given that you have to select an E-mail to delete it, how are users supposed to protect themselves from this one?""
Stop using E-Mail.
Given that you have to select an E-mail to delete it, how are users supposed to protect themselves from this one?
Simple. Don't use Windows.
Don't blame me, I didn't vote for either of them!
real men use telnet.
Besides, updating an MS machine really is easy.
I agree!! Throw in a Linux disk with your favorite distribution (doesn't really matter which one), accept all defaults and your "update" is ready to go.....
Browsers shouldn't have a back button!! It's all about going forward...
Switching won't really help.
The reason most (or all) viruses are written for Windows is because that's where they'll do the most damage, since most people use Windows.
If everyone switches to Linux or Mac OS then you'll start to see viruses for those operating systems.
You should be glad you're in the OS minority. That's what's keeping virus writers away from your system.
i hate you
I get all excited when someone emails me a virus. I save it and decompress with UPX then sniff around to see if there is anything of interest. I happily spent an hour looking at this one. I'm not any sort of hacker but I could see some readable text in the message. Nothing exciting.
Oh and I love Thunderbird.
Goddamn it! So you think you're smart because you know full well virus scanning and patches (release since last year) will solve this problem??
SHUT UP AND STOP TELLING EVERYONE THAT MICROSOFT PRODUCTS WORK, YOU CAPITALIST PIG!
Holy shit... what a fucking gay fag fest that picture is. Looks like he's about to chow down on that guy's asshole.
> There are 4 boxes to use in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, ammo. Use in that order. Starting now.
You ever hear of "sedition", motherfucker? I think I'll call Mr. Ashcroft's snitch line and report your IP.
For the sake of christ, close your g-d damn outlook preview pane. Yea, you select the email on the main pane just to delete it (yes, even right click) and the preview pane opens the email to preview it.
Anybody who uses the preview pane in outlook deserves to lose their data.
To fix this, just click view->preview pane (to uncheck the box in the menu and make the lower area in the display window go away.)
"it's just this little chromium switch... some people are sooo stupid" -- firesign theater.
Innocent people shouldn't be forced to pay for inferior software development.
--"Code Complete" Microsoft Press
Hi!
So, just how long have you been sucking dick then?
Cheers,
GNU/Wolfgang
Hi!
Thank you so much for giving us yet another example of an anal-retentive smug little Mac-using cocksucker. No really, I thank you - the more people like you condescend to show us just how repulsive one becomes when the one-button mouse lands on one's desk, the fewer of you there will be.
Cheers,
GNU/Wolfgang
Just embrace Apple. They have no problems with crap viri like this...
Thank you...
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/spywareblaster.html
FREE AND SIMPLE
ALSO, F-PROT OWNS ALL OTHER AV'S
What a feeble excuse. Do you have to a programmer to use Mozilla ?
And like aids, using MacOS or Linux will make you significantly less attractive to most of the population. Think of it as a form of birth control.
Contact Me (got tired of viruses emailing me).
No, people who use broken and very easy to infect software are the problem.