Internet Warning For Members of Yahoo, AOL, Hotmail, Etc...

[NoHall]

You should have been with us this evening Skunkster...we went to see Irvan Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra....fantastic!

How is it that ou get to have funn every single night? What a wonderful life you have...

 

[Smiling JOe]

Jinx! you owe me a Coke.

 

[Carol G]

Jinx! you owe me a Coke.

Heee! Great minds-n-such...

 

[Beachbummette]

I'm sure you meant well Diane...thanks for trying to warn us.

 

[John R]

snopes is your friend...

 

[Kurt]

Really, you don't even need snopes if the email says, "send this to everyone in the known universe", or "this has been confirmed by so and so", or "don't let this happen to you", or has a bunch of capital letters or has a bunch of exclamation marks, or has a subject line that could be straight from the Fox News crawl.

Emails like this clog the internet pipes and can be just as bad as a virus in that regard. The rule of thumb: don't forward anything and give us all a break.

While I'm on a rant - don't open or send any attachement unless you know exactly what it is and who it's from. Don't bother with these files, just delete them - powerpoint pps wmv, mp3, doc, excel, mpeg ..... I really don't want to see a 5 mb movie of a deer beating up a guy with a rifle. It is a beutiful movie about justice, but I've seen it already.

 

[Smiling JOe]

Now any good virus writer who is worth their weight, will create a new virus named, Life is Beautiful, knowing that people know it is not a virus. Surprise! Here's a random thought -- What if Snopes.com is hoax? lol

 

[Rudyjohn]

Here's a random thought -- What if Snopes.com is hoax? lol

I've wondered that myself.

 

[greenroomsurfer]

Conspiracy theory here. The folks that sell these virus scanners and what not also write the viruses. They can make millions on upgrades. If things were not designed to break we would never buy a new one.

 

[Biff]

I remeber when norton used to be 8 or 10K......Now its like 21 meg...... DANG....GRS you may have something here ; ~ )

Conspiracy theory here. The folks that sell these virus scanners and what not also write the viruses. They can make millions on upgrades. If things were not designed to break we would never buy a new one.