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Just to give you a heads-up... by just giving us a URL or address to go to
without any more information to tell us what we are going to is not a good
idea. Many of us are extremely suspicious of such emails, thinking they
could lead us to some virus or spyware or something dastardly. This is not
simply paranoia; it happens all of the time, and it is not any kind of
accusation about Curtis or anyone. A very good friend of mine got something
on his computer a few weeks ago that ended up taking over his computer,
sending out messages to everyone in his address book and to every email
address it found on his computer. He didn't know anything about it until
several of us contacted him, asking him if he intentionally sent out
messages with just an URL in them saying something like: "Check this out:"
followed by an URL. He reported back that he knew nothing about it; though
the message came from his computer. It turned out to be a piece of spyware
that also spread to everyone else's computer that clicked on and went to
the URL in his message.
Caution is the smartest course of action!
Ron, K8HSY
At 10:50 PM 6/29/2013 -0700, you wrote:
>Hey guys, check this out, this is quite a neat thing my friend has
>shown me. I put it in my public drop box.
>https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4910953/A%20Few%20of%20My%20Favorite%20
Things%20About%20ARRL%20Field%20Day%202013.flv
>
Dr. Ronald E. Milliman, retired Professor Western Kentucky University
Ph: 270-782-9325
Email: [log in to unmask]
Chair, American Council of the Blind Public Relations Committee
Chair, American Council of the Blind's Monthly Monetary Support Program
(MMS) Committee
President: South Central Kentucky Council of the Blind (SCKCB)
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