Re: strange AOL conversions

From: Miss Perspicacia Tick (misstick_at_lancre.dw)
Date: 11/20/04 

Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 01:25:41 -0000

Paul Robinson wrote:
> Wonder if anyone can help.
> My friend has a new laptop, and connects to the Internet through AOL.
>
> She receives regular e mails from work with excel files as
> attachments, which was fine on her old computer.
>
> However on her new laptop, AOL for some reason, converts them to .dat
> files.
>
> Any idea what she can do to stop them from this strange behaviour?
>
> Cheers in advance
>
> Paul

Yep. Tell your friend to follow the following instructions exactly. It won't
work unless she does so...

1) Take the AOHELL CD

2) If you are old enough to drive, and have a licence, place it in the
middle of the drive and back over it several times.

3) If you are not old enough to drive - or don't have a licence - place
said CD in the microwave and cook on full power for a couple of minutes - it
really is fascinating, and most satisfying, to watch.

4) Place resulting mess in the rubbish

5) Pick up the phone, call AOHELL 'Customer Service' and tell them you
wish to cancel your account. Don't, however tempting it might be, let them
persuade you to stay with offers of 'free' months.

6) Ask people for recommendations for a proper ISP.

7) Call new ISP of choice and sign up.

There! Problem solved.

Unfortunately, removing AOHELL's trojanic software will, most likely,
require a complete format and reinstall. 

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