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Thread #21088   Message #225637
Posted By: Escamillo
10-May-00 - 12:59 AM
Thread Name: Tech: Despicable Virus Alert
Subject: RE: Tech: Despicable Virus Alert
Sorry Kat I still didn´t have the time to download the files (pretty big), will try later.
Regarding hoaxes or false alerts or humanitarian requests, if someone did not see my post in another thread, I´d like to remind you that there is not only a huge loss in productive activity, there is also a more evil intention in hoaxers: in general, a long list of genuine addresses from your book gets included in your messages, as well as those being carried from previous posters, and those that the next generation will carry. These thousands of e-mails reach some PC where the hoaxers planted a TROJAN program, then it will collect them and send copies to their headquarters as soon as you connect to the Web (and of course it will never report to you what it is doing). Those lists are then sold to SPAMMERS like Aureate, Radiate and many, many others. Myself have received many offers for lists, from 80.00 to 200.00 . Please don´t redistribute anything that asks for redistribution, and don´t loose your time in checking if it is a hoax or not. I suspect those sites are not reliable.
Un abrazo - Andrés