Hi Phil & Everyone;

I don't blame you one bit.

I get at least ten messages a day regarding lotteries and junk like that.

I even received a lottery message saying I won the lottery in the UK.

I mean how would I win that lottery if I didn't even play it.

I just delete them.

73 De Anthony W2AJV
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 11:18 PM
Subject: Re: a real virus validated by snopes


> Barbara,
>
> I in no way meant to be snippy by what I said.  I mean, I've had plenty of
> my share of viruses over the last 18 years.  When I ran a bulletin board
> with a pair of 80 megabyte old Seagate monsterous hard drives that nearly
> weighed a ton each, I got a virus that turned my computer into a pop corn
> popper and literally trashed, I mean, destroyed one of those two hard
> drives.  My full sized tower case literally vibrated around like we were
> having an earthquake or something.  I have lived by a rule for many years
> now and that is, never open any attachment even if your own mother emails 
> it
> to you.  The only time I open anything is when I have gotten it from a
> friend whom I already know is using as good of virus protection software 
> as
> I personally use and also knows how to get, and not to get, viruses in the
> first place.  Bootleg overlay websites, and links to websites, and here,
> clik on this URL for the latest information, are the best ways in the 
> world
> to get a virus to begin with.  When I think such reports are valid, I 
> don't
> give the url to clik on but I go to snopes, or wherever, confirm the
> information by searching for it myself, then tell the reader to do the 
> same.
> I just got a virus a month ago by clicking on a link from someone using an
> auto responder to let me know I was on their spam filter list and if I
> clicked here, and filled out who I really was, I would be automatically
> removed from the spam filter.  Famous last words.  I didn't know who the
> person was but because I own the list, I had to click on it, I figured, to
> find out who the heck it was.  You guessed it.  Their name wasn't even on
> the website spam filter I clicked on and wham, my whole computer slowed 
> down
> until I finally figured out I might have a virus and ran AVG manually to
> find the Trojan horse.  I know for a personal fact, and from personal
> experience, that a anti virus software companies will allow a file that
> registers as a virus when you scan for it just to get you to update your, 
> so
> called, free version of the software which now costs 29.95 or there 
> abouts.
> I also never ever, no matter which relative sent it to me, open any email
> greeting, get well, or kiss my foot e card.  Shoot, I'm so paranoid these
> days, I have a hard time generating enough courage to log on to my own
> websites.  It's a jungle out there.  Give me DOS any day.
>
> Phil.
> K0NX
>
>