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Non-Tech : The "ILoveYou" Virus -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: daffodil who wrote (10)	5/4/2000 11:19:00 PM
From: mr.mark	Respond to of 29

daffodil, i too use netscape communicator as my primary browser. again, you've asked a good question. i went to netscape newsgroups for an answer. below you'll find a pertinent question and the response from a 'champion'. hope this helps... "Subject: Re: Email Question Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 10:53:07 -0700 From: Jerry Baker <jerrybaker@weirdness.com> Organization: Another Netscape Collabra Server User Newsgroups: netscape.communicator References: Lynn wrote: > > Since this virus has been looming all day > I had better straighten this out. > When I get an email message in Netscape the moment it is downloaded it > shows the message. If I right or left click on the message to delete > without reading it, it automatically is there. Are there setting to > change this and where? Netscape is not vulnerable to any viruses sent by email. It is not possible for Netscape to execute an attachment in email. This was done to avoid these very problems that plague Outlook users. Unless you get an attachment, save it to your hard drive, and run it from there, it is extremely unlikely that you will ever get a virus from an email if you use Netscape. -- Jerry Baker" :) mark

To: daffodil who wrote (10)	5/8/2000 12:35:00 PM
From: mr.mark	Respond to of 29

"has the moment that we've all been waiting for arrived...the moment wherein one may get a virus simply by reading an email?" i quote this excerpt from the most recent (5/8) langalist... "While there are email worms/viruses that auto-run, the Love Bug (and its clones and knock-offs) aren't like that: You have to click on the attachment to make anything happen." in addition, if you wish to read more on the subject (and hopefully obtain some degree of enlightenment in the process), <g3> visit the 'computer learning' thread, where the subject seems to pop up from time to time. here is a recent post (and you can follow the threads) that i found interesting and helpful. #reply-13597867 and finally, here's a link to the above-mentioned langalist, in case you don't have it already langa.com hope this helps :) mark