Thanks for the cliche. Here's one for you... An ounce of prevention.... :) Bill -----Original Message----- From: kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@juno.com> To: wdavidson@THEGRID.NET <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET> Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Date: Friday, December 17, 1999 3:35 AM Subject: Re: Millenium Viruses
>Bill; > We have nothing to fear but fear itself. > >Drive Safely & Good Luck >Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>86 VW crewcab;60 T-5 Coupe > >On Thu, 16 Dec 1999 16:00:21 -0800 Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET> >writes: >>Here's a thought to kick around: >>I read in the Wall Street Journal today that the bigger concern >>(bigger than >>the millenium date bug) for January 1, 2000 is the potential for >>computer >>viruses that are triggered by the turn of the millenium. Seems that >>there >>are those who would like to create havoc to start off the new >>millenium. >>Software companies that specialize in hunting down and fixing viruses >>have >>already found hundreds of them set to go off at midnight, and they >>expect >>there are possibly hundreds that they have not found. Many of these >>viruses >>are created to mimic the Y2K date bug so as to make them harder to >>solve >>(and give them longer to do their damage). Several large companies are >>shutting down their email systems for the weekend. >>So my thought is this: >>It seems that it might be prudent for the list administrator to shut >>the >>list down sometime on the 31st. Then on the weekend he could check for >>viruses before allowing the server to send us email. So what do you >>guys >>think? >>Bill > >___________________________________________________________________ >Why pay more to get Web access? >Try Juno for FREE -- then it's just $9.95/month if you act NOW! >Get your free software today: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. > |
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