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Re: Virus Update
From: woods () weird com (Greg A. Woods)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 20:06:42 -0400 (EDT)
[ On Thursday, May 4, 2000 at 18:56:15 (-0400), David Charlap wrote: ]
Subject: Re: Virus Update Many mail programs (including Netscape Communicator) have no VBS support in them, so they can not execute virusses like this one.
Well I don't know about NS and such, but I do know that the relative size of the impact of this particular virus was both predicted, and is due almost entirely to the business practices of Microsoft and the sometimes sheep-like user-base they've fooled into following them to wherever Bill wants to go today.... -- Greg A. Woods +1 416 218-0098 VE3TCP <gwoods () acm org> <robohack!woods> Planix, Inc. <woods () planix com>; Secrets of the Weird <woods () weird com>
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- RE: Virus Update Roeland Meyer (E-mail) (May 04)
- RE: Virus Update Rachel Luxemburg (May 04)
- RE: Virus Update Christian Nielsen (May 04)
- Re: Virus Update Eric A. Hall (May 04)
- Re: Virus Update David Charlap (May 04)
- Re: Virus Update Eric A. Hall (May 04)
- Re: Virus Update Greg A. Woods (May 04)
- Re: Virus Update Dean Robb (May 08)
- product liability (was: Virus Update) William Allen Simpson (May 09)
- Re: product liability (was: Virus Update) Jim Mercer (May 09)
- Re: product liability (was: Virus Update) William Allen Simpson (May 09)
- Re: product liability (was: Virus Update) Jim Mercer (May 09)
- Re: product liability (was: Virus Update) Greg A. Woods (May 09)
- off-topic rant Re: product liability (was: Virus Update) brad reynolds (May 09)
- Re: off-topic rant Re: product liability (was: Virus Update) Bruce Campbell (May 09)
- Re: off-topic rant Re: product liability (was: Virus Update) Steve Sobol (May 09)
- Re: off-topic rant Re: product liability (was: Virus Update) Valdis . Kletnieks (May 09)