On 2 Oct 2002 at 10:47, Steve Thompson wrote:
> This is the Bugbear virus (W32/BugBear@mm or Tanatos), see
> http://www.f-prot.com/news/vir_alert/bugbear.html). I received a
> couple myself this morning. New virus signatures are now available,
> make sure you update your virus software.
Or switch to Linux :-)
I use Pegasus Mail (under Windows), and am pretty confident this
removes me from the Outlook security problems. The problem is that
most of the world seems to use Outlook and todays experience seems to
indicate they are spreading this rubbish like there's no tomorrow. I
have seen the light, unfortunately you will never convince the rest
of the world.
I have Linux on my machine (dual boot) but rarely use it. Some of my
essential business software is only available for Windows. So I have
to use WIndows for most of my work, but use virtually nothing else
from the MS camp (Opera for browsing, Pegasus for email, Star Office
for documents).
ps. I tried sending this to Steve direct, but his 'inthebin' email
address bounced straight back..... In the mean time several more
copies of Bugbear received, this one looks like it is going to be a
real nuisance.
73s Dave G3YMC
[email protected]
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http://www.dsergeant.btinternet.co.uk
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