| From: | Matt Sealey |
| Date: | 15 Mar 2001 at 08:32:24 |
| Subject: | Re: Thought of the Day |
Hello Richard
On 15-Mar-01, you wrote:
> --- In amigactive@y..., "G.A.Griggs" <garry.griggs@u...> wrote:
>> Alab Hwai Klen,
>>
>> I've just discoved another reason for Using the Amiga which I have never
>> heard of before so I thought I would just share it with you. If its old news
>> sorry.
>
> Another one is the fact that there are 0 viruses transmitted through the
> normal means (emails usually) which actually work on the Amiga!
That's bullpoo. There is one very well known method to subvert certain
mailers to do extremely evil things which can be exploited by just viewing
the subject line in folder listings.
Unchecked internet content is a bitch.
> Well this might all change when Amiga becomes "more popular" :(
You say that like "becoming more popular" is a certainty, but getting
evil viruses isn't :)
> Well I haven't come across any in 2 years yet, but still keep the (up-to-date)
> virus checker running "just in case".
You're paranoid :P
Thanks
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