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Howard Kaufman <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 30 Jun 2013 08:50:36 -0500
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It was quite clear, it is a dropbox link.  For some reason, when I forwarded 
the message to friends, they couldn't open the link, but I could.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ronald E. Milliman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 8:33 AM
Subject: Re: some of my favorite things.


> 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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