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    1. [ROSS-L] Re: Viruses
    2. Carol Hepburn
    3. Hi all, I have gotten about 10-12 viruses over the past three weeks. Yes, I have gotten the snow white one about 6 times. RW doesn't allow attachments to any of it's mail lists. However, this spammers get email addresses from a wide variety of places and will try to send viruses to the mail list. What happens is that the mail with attachment is rerouted to the list admin (that is how I am getting so many of them!). The best protection is to get the latest virus software - the one that provides email support. I have also chosen to stop using Outlook Express as my mail reader and am using Netscape 4.7 Communicator instead. OUtlook Express - even with the recent patches still has a problem with loading the email into the reader frame. This past week - I had to recover my HP system due to these attacks. While the worms didn't do all their dirty work they did corrupt my system and in the end all I could do is run the recovery program and clean up my entire system (even though the virus scan told me my computer was clean). The best defense is a good offense! Protect yourself and set your mail filters to delete any .exe file attachments from the server without downloading them to your computer. Happy New Year! -- Best wishes, Carol Hepburn [email protected] Phoenix, AZ USA

    12/31/2000 05:14:28