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| Thread ID: 61681 | 2005-09-13 04:16:00 | Handling potential Virus | B.M. (505) | Press F1 |
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| 388144 | 2005-09-14 03:44:00 | However, wouldn't you be the slightest bit suspicious of a company which uses an email address of usa.net? That's surely the sort who would offer you a good commission for helping them to get their stolen money out. It seems they give you a virus for nothing. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 388145 | 2005-09-14 03:53:00 | What nonsense Metla . I hate to disappoint you but no Computer got infected . :( AVG did exactly what its installed to do . :D Do I detect rampant paranoia here? :confused: Going back to my original post, if I may, I was fielding ideas on how to best handle suspicious files . To suggest that you just delete everything that you’re not sure of the contents of is nothing short of ridiculous . Unfortunately, many E-Mails I receive come from individuals working for companies . I have no idea the name of the individual appointed to handle my business . Frankly, I’m not into dumping $1000’s of dollars worth of business because I don’t personally know the author of a E-Mail . ;) You think im nonsensical? Honestly, After reading this thread I wouldn't let you handle emails at all if you worked for me . |
Metla (12) | ||
| 388146 | 2005-09-14 03:57:00 | If you “read” my original post Graham you’ll find I was very suspicious . :) I now wonder how much genuine mail gets dumped because the recipient was “suspicious”? :confused: Might explain why so many of my E-Mails have gone unanswered over the years? :D |
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| 388147 | 2005-09-14 04:05:00 | why not email the original sender... NOT the '@USA.net' but whatever your original contact is. if they didnt send it, Delete it. | bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 388148 | 2005-09-14 04:15:00 | I did read your original posting, and thought that you were not really expecting business from that correspondent. I commend your prudence. But I did suggest what I consider to be a relatively safe way to examine a compressed enclosure. I'm sure a lot of genuine mail gets dumped. I'm sure too much "dubious" mail doesn't. "The Listener" accepts letters to the editor by email. "No enclosures will be opened". Of course, they can do that, because if people can't read the rules the Editor doesn't want their letter. (And they probably found that most enclosures were just cut and pasted from some other publication by the zealots who haven't got enough brain to write their own drivel). Any company using email to transact their business should by now have made rules for their employees and agents to follow so their email is identifiable from its headers. The problem is real, and it's not going to go away. A Subject of "prices" is not useful. A From: "@usa.net" isn't normally going to be on an email from the CEO of IBM. (You'd probably bin anything from "gwbush@aol.com", anyway ;)). |
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| 388149 | 2005-09-14 04:17:00 | Metla, you have more show of seeing a snow fight in hell than of me working for you regardless. :D | B.M. (505) | ||
| 388150 | 2005-09-14 04:41:00 | Thatts all nice and well, but if your conducting bizzo through your comp and opening dodgy attachments I suggest you get real protection and purchase Nod32. AVG is only good for a family sort of setup, it misses a boat load of items. |
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