Consensus opinion required - was 'more worms'

[Alex Snow]

Oh yeah, and my favorite one is "but I new the sender's email... they
wouldn't send me an email like that!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shaun Oliver" <shaun_oliver at optusnet.com.au>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: Consensus opinion required - was 'more worms'


> SNIP
> > How can I stop active x controls and other code from launching the
files?
> > Norton catches them only after the file is opened.  Is there any way to
stop
> > this?
>
> Norton's anti-virus 2002 picks up the virus or malicious code before you
> even open your email.
> I guess this is due to all those people who don't know any better out
> there opening their email and wondering why their machine dies.
> Shaun.
>
>
>
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