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Net folklaw or true??

Postby expat » Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:00 pm

I received the following email today. Reading it, it seems reasonable, but is it true??

Matt

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Re: Net folklaw or true??

Postby WebbPA » Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:31 pm

Fake.

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Re: Net folklaw or true??

Postby HarvesteR » Sat Apr 25, 2009 12:59 am

I wouldn't be caught dead using a local email program like Outlook or Thunderbird... why on earth would you want to download potentially virus-ridden emails into your hard rive before even reading them?

Stick to webmail... the attachments remain on the server, and you only download what you need... plus any download will be pre-scanned for viruses

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Re: Net folklaw or true??

Postby charlesed » Sat Apr 25, 2009 5:10 am

I wouldn't be caught dead using a local email program like Outlook or Thunderbird... why on earth would you want to download potentially virus-ridden emails into your hard rive before even reading them?


well, from my experience outlook will only download attachments if you tell it to.

but, I could be wrong...

it's been a few months since I used it :P
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Re: Net folklaw or true??

Postby Mazza » Sun Apr 26, 2009 6:41 am

GMAIL FTW ;D ;D ;D

I mean come on, Outlook, Get real :P
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Re: Net folklaw or true??

Postby Maverick6901 » Thu Apr 30, 2009 5:48 pm

If the first attempt fails (which it will because of the phony address), the worm goes no further and your friends will not be infected.


Bunch of hogwash. If you get infected with a worm, it's going to propagate regardless of the e-mail address being valid or not.
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Re: Net folklaw or true??

Postby Layne. » Mon May 18, 2009 7:23 am

Hotmail FTW :D

I didn't expect that rumor to be real, i mean what kind of a virus would just stop because it couldn't attack once
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Re: Net folklaw or true??

Postby Fozzer » Mon May 18, 2009 1:59 pm

I had it happen to me once, long, long ago... :o....

To prevent an occurrence now, I store all my E-Mail Addresses in a separate paper note book, and enter them by hand each time I want to post an E-Mail.

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Re: Net folklaw or true??

Postby MWISimmer » Mon May 18, 2009 3:28 pm

Why not save them as a notepad .doc Paul?

You don't need to leave your desk and you can't spill Fozzers amazing gravy (copyright worldwide) on your hard drive... or put it through the washing machine  ;D
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Re: Net folklaw or true??

Postby Fozzer » Tue May 19, 2009 7:09 am

[quote]Why not save them as a notepad .doc Paul?

You don't need to leave your desk and you can't spill Fozzers amazing gravy (copyright worldwide) on your hard drive... or put it through the washing machine
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