well, even if it comes from microsoft support. how often do they send you attachments with their tech support? its usually written in the body of the email.
But thanks for the warning.
May-20-2003 21:12
DigiNut
You kids get off my lawn!
Registered: Dec 2002
Location: Toronto, Self-proclaimed Centre of the Universe
The funny thing is, the content of worms is so similar to the content of spam that almost anyone who has decent spam filtering will never receive a worm. I haven't gotten a worm in my inbox for some time, but I've seen several in the junk mail folder (they are really pretty easy to identify!).
Incidentally, the worms don't really "fake" it as being from microsoft.com. Spammers do use server exploits to fake their origin addresses (which are usually somewhere in North Korea or Nigeria), but worms just put in [email protected] as the reply address, which any idiot can do.
Bottom line is, don't open attachments you don't recognize. It's so simple. I'll never understand why so many people can't figure this out.
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May-20-2003 22:09
TranceKitten
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Registered: Sep 2002
Location: Toronto ON, Canada
^^^^^^^It's soo true..I'll never understand this either myself.
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May-21-2003 02:50
The Highroller
ad hoc and ad lib
Registered: Oct 2002
Location: Flying over the cuckoo's nest
if your dumb enough to save an attachment from an unknown email then you deserve a virus
i just started using outlook recently and don't really know about the security features in it
i always stayed away from it since i always thought most email viruses were written to automatically execute themselves in outlook
but i have my security settings on "do not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus" so does that keep me safe?
ps - when will people realize that thye shouldn't open files from people they don't know...and if they aren't just a .jpg or other image file then they shouldn't open it unless they're expecting it!
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May-22-2003 01:52
Matt
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Registered: Nov 2001
Location: Toronto, Canada
worms suck.
internet worms.
tape worms.
earth worms.
all suck.
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May-22-2003 01:55
LKD
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Registered: Aug 2001
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