NOW ON WEB Re: [RTTY] Results of Anarts WW RTTY Contest 2001

[Jerry Flanders]

Can non-gurus answer also?

I use none.  I think the usual email virus/worm attacks only the most 
popular email program. Use an off-beat program and you will be 
automatically immune to the majority of them. Most are targeted at the mail 
reader that comes with microsoft's internet explorer, and seem intended to 
exploit its features/weaknesses. I forget the name, because I have never 
used it.

I have been using Eudora for years - when I got a copy of the happy virus 
from a friend a year ago it was obvious when I tried to read the mail with 
Eudora. He had no idea he had been infected until I told him.

I will not execute any EXE attachment unless I am willing to take a risk. 
On the other hand, text is no risk at all if you simply read it - a basic 
text reader does not execute anything - only displays it on the screen. 
When in doubt, drop all the way back to DOS and open it in EDIT.  Windows 
ME still has a version of DOS and EDIT.

Jerry W4UK

At 08:11 PM 10/4/2001 +0200, you wrote:

>And that makes the questions for all you computer gurus:
>What antivirus do you use for checking mail. I am on the way to buy one.
>I was thinking about Norton Antivirus (maybe not??)
>Please reply direct and I will post summary.
>
>David S51MM
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: rtty-admin@contesting.com [mailto:rtty-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf
>Of Roy Dancy
>Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 5:49 PM
>To: WA9ALS - John; w7why@harborside.com; RTTY Contesting
>Subject: Re: NOW ON WEB Re: [RTTY] Results of Anarts WW RTTY Contest 2001
>
>
>Even if Tom is not paranoid about this I sure am.  ALL posts from anywhere
>that has an attachment gets deleted NOW.  I have had to rebuild so many
>times that no chance is worth taking.  Right Tom?
>
>73 y'all RoY N4AN
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: WA9ALS - John <wa9als@starband.net>
>To: <w7why@harborside.com>; RTTY Contesting <rtty@contesting.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 9:34 PM
>Subject: NOW ON WEB Re: [RTTY] Results of Anarts WW RTTY Contest 2001
>
>
> > > HiCollin
> > >
> > > I appreciate you sending the results, but I would rather have a
> > > website to go to.  I never open attachments here, no matter who
> > > they come from.  That's a good way to get a worm or a virus.
> > > When I see one, I just hit the "delete" button.  73
> > > Tom W7WHY
> >
> > Tom, I think you're a little too paranoid on this one - Surely you have a
> > virus checker, don't you?  Plus, I'm not sure you can even get a virus
>from
> > a txt file.
> >
> > Anyway, in case it's useful for anyone at all, I've put the data on my web
> > site at:
> > http://www.qsl.net/wa9als/anarts2001
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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