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Author Topic: Bugbear virus warning Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 10-06-2002 02:15 AM                        Paul, I've seen that before (I think it was last winter), basically it shouldn't be there. I think it gets installed by some annoying website (probably 'warez') using even more annoying scripting. You can just remove it from the load or run entry and delete the file from the windows or windows\system(32) directory.  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 10-06-2002 11:41 AM                    I stick to a couple of old versions of Eudora. Knock wood but I think I am pretty much immune to this sort of crap. I also hate HTML in email although if there is a plaintext version atop it then I guess it doesn't matter. Why would I want email that can include code that pulls an image from a distant server using a uniquely coded filename so the server can log not only that you've read the mail but the IP# of the machine you were on when you read it? What a huge invasion of privacy not to mention confirming for spammers that yours is an active address.  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 10-10-2002 02:31 AM                        A free utility that enables you to screen incoming mail (POP3 only) on the server before downloading it into your computer can be found at www.mailwasher.net . I've found it very useful being able to delete each day's half-megabyte of bugbears rather than waste online time downloading them. This program also has the facility to bounce spam back to its sender - graphics, attachments and all! It's very satisfying to be able to give the f***ers a taste of their own medicine...  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 10-10-2002 10:07 AM                     Wow, Leo, that's a great find! Oddly enough, it was just in time, too. There was almost 10 MB of virus crap from Greece in my inbox this morning. Luckily, I'm still pulling my mail over the satellite modem at work instead of dialup at home. I'm not able to set up web access on my mail server at this time, so it looks like MailWasher is the next best thing, especially since I can bounce spam with the click of the mouse!  |  IP: Logged

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