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Article: 12936 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Path: newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu!watsun.cc.columbia.edu!fdc
From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Ugly! (was Re: as actually as Sara cleans...)
Date: 6 Nov 2001 16:44:01 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
Lines: 30
Message-ID: <9s940h$pa$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu>
References: <8633704354425520@61.9.128.12> <gWtomC2dEjRt-pn2-NuCFTiZt9BDh@localhost>
NNTP-Posting-Host: watsun.cc.columbia.edu
X-Trace: newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu 1005065041 810 128.59.39.2 (6 Nov 2001 16:44:01 GMT)
X-Complaints-To: postmaster@columbia.edu
NNTP-Posting-Date: 6 Nov 2001 16:44:01 GMT
Xref: newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu comp.protocols.kermit.misc:12936
In article <gWtomC2dEjRt-pn2-NuCFTiZt9BDh@localhost>,
ERA <era@eracc.hypermart.net> wrote:
: On Mon, 5 Nov 2001 19:17:30, Ben
: <UGALVO@lyrmanu.pa.us> wrote:
:
: > Hard Disk Auto Format
: >
: > Quick, pull the plug, you might save something!
:
: Dude! That is *ugly*! :-) Good thing I don't use a web browser or
: M$ LookOut to read news. Luckily this doesn't really do what it
: claims and is a pretty harmless prank.
:
Right. This spam was sent to every newsgroup on the planet, but of
course only showed up in unmoderated groups like this one (as far as I
know); each posting with a unique subject line. It's the price of
having an open forum.
Readers should be aware that the posting could just as easily have
done something really bad, and ERA's advice is right on: be careful
what you use to read news and email, and for that matter what Web
pages you visit, and what features you have enabled in your desktop
tools.
For a detailed if not entirely unopinionated treatment of this topic
("Safe network computing: Windows desktop"), see:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/safe.html
- Frank