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Nov. 24th, 2005 08:10 am
Virus Alert!
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murasaki_1966 and I were sent e-mails similar to the following:
(from Snopes)
Fortunately our virus checker removed the attachments (not that we were going to open them anyway) but it did strike me (as it hit both of us at once) that a mutual friend (or friends) of ours was/were not so lucky.
If you're after an antivirus program but don't want to pay the big bucks, may I recommend AVG? It's free, and automatically updates. I've found it better than Macafee's anti-virus crap (which I refuse to link to, even though I paid for it)
murasaki_1966 and I were sent e-mails similar to the following:(from Snopes)
Dear Sir/Madam,
we have logged your IP-address on more than 30 illegal Websites.
Important:
Please answer our questions!
The list of questions are attached.
Yours faithfully,
Steven Allison
++++ Central Intelligence Agency -CIA-
++++ Office of Public Affairs
++++ Washington, D.C. 20505
++++ phone: (703) 482-0623
++++ 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., US Eastern time
Fortunately our virus checker removed the attachments (not that we were going to open them anyway) but it did strike me (as it hit both of us at once) that a mutual friend (or friends) of ours was/were not so lucky.
If you're after an antivirus program but don't want to pay the big bucks, may I recommend AVG? It's free, and automatically updates. I've found it better than Macafee's anti-virus crap (which I refuse to link to, even though I paid for it)