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From: David H. Lipman (DLipman~nospam~_at_Verizon.Net)
Date: 02/11/04 

Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 10:28:28 -0500

You are not an "innocent" Internet user you are a Naive Internet user. You are amongst the
millions who buy a computer and listen to the hype about all the good things the Internet
has but ignore or deny the multitude of bad things that are on the Internet.

Dave

"Jane" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:de8a01c3f0b2$7b8f0000$a101280a@phx.gbl...
| I am talking about the morons who have sent me rubbish
| emails, obviously with a virus in them when all I want is
| a bit of help to get my PC back to working order, I did
| not invite anyone to visit me. Being an innocent user of
| the www I am not aware of these scams that go on.
| Obviously I had better get a bit more clued up on this. I
| am however confused that an organisation such as Microsoft
| have not been able to stop this !
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Excuse me - What are YOU talking about ?
| >
| >If you post to UseNet with your TRUE, not a munged, email
| address then you have invited the
| >Swen Internet worm [aka; W32/Gibe-F] to visit you.
| >
| >The Swen is news spelled backwards. The reason it is
| called this is because the Swen worm
| >harvests email addresses from UseNet News Groups. It has
| an engine that allows it to post
| >itself to UseNet News Groups as well as it has its own
| email engine. From the list of
| >email addresses that it has harvested, it will then email
| itself to those addresses.
| >
| >Dave
| >
| >
| >
| ><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
| >news:e54e01c3f0a0$427519b0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
| >| I have now disabled this email address to stop the
| idiots
| >| from sending more cr*p through to me. Where do you
| people
| >| get off ?
| >|
| >|
| >| >-----Original Message-----
| >| >Help,
| >| >
| >| >My system has got a virus that has disabled my Norman
| >| Anti-
| >| >Virus Software. I have installed Symantec Norton Anti-
| >| >Virus but this tells me the system is clean. It
| >| isn't !
| >| >My system is running really slowly and I can't get onto
| >| >the internet, it cuts me off just as its checking my
| >| >password (I'm having to use someone else's PC. Does
| this
| >| >mean a total rebuild or is there a solution? Please
| >| don't
| >| >talk in techy speak as I am not technical. Thanks
| >| >.
| >| >
| >
| >
| >.
| >

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