I thought religion and politics were verboten on this list? ;-)
2009/3/25 Dave Arbogast, CISSP <k...@arb.net> > Tony is right.... although this is entirely off topic, as an IT security > expert, it is a good time to point out that those who thought they were > saving money by buying a PC vs a Mac or the cheaper Linux, how much are > you spending on anti-virus and the constant hassle of these events? :-) > My house does not worry about these because we pay only for Mac or Linux > machines. > > One hidden cost nearly all WinDoze users don't realize - ever notice how > your machine seems to get slower and slower month after month ? You know > the CPU is going at the same speed as when you bought it, right? :-) And > when you bought it only a few years ago, it was way faster than your > needs, right? So, how could it be that it got slow and you are faced > with buying another PC ? Because in 2006 there were about 80,000 viruses > / worms / malware your machine had to check for on each and every I/O > (anything that goes into our out of memory / disc) - Last year it was > well beyond 130,0000. Next year ? You guessed, your PC will be spending > even more time checking the AV signatures for infections. Point is, on > Linux or Mac, you don't have this constant degradation of performance. > > Dave (CISSP) > > (written on a mac, sent through our Linux email server) > > Tony King wrote: > > Hi Phil, > > > > This is a hoax. You might have noticed it asks you to do what it claims > the > > virus will do - email everyone in your contacts list. Giveaways include: > > Snopes is an urban legends website, not an antivirus researcher, CNN is > not > > a credible source of announcements of new viruses and there are > conflicting > > descriptions of what the alleged virus does. > > > > Regards, > > > > Tony > > > > 2009/3/24 Phillip Matheson <phillipmathe...@bigpond.com> > > > > > >> Not sure if this is True, but be warned > >> > >> > >> Phil Matheson > >> SAAA Ch. 20 http://www.saaa20.org/ > >> VH-PKR > >> Australia > >> checked with Norton Anti-Virus, and they are gearing up for this virus! > >> I checked Snopes (URL above:), and it is for real > >> > >> Get this E-mail message sent around to your contacts ASAP. > >> PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS! > >> > >> You should be alert during the next few days. Do not open any message > with > >> an attachment entitled 'POSTCARD FROM HALLMARK,' regardless of who sent > it > >> to you. It is a virus which opens A POSTCARD IMAGE, which 'burns' the > whole > >> hard disc C of your computer. > >> > >> This virus will be received from someone who has your e-mail address in > >> his/her contact list.. This is the reason why you need to send this > e-mail > >> to all your contacts It is better to receive > >> this message 25 times than to receive the virus and open it. > >> > >> > >> If you receive a mail called' POSTCARD,' even though sent to you by a > >> friend, do not open it! Shut down your computer immediately. > >> > >> This is the worst virus announced by CNN. It has been classified by > >> Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever. This virus was discovered > by > >> McAfee yesterday, and there is no repair yet for this kind of virus. > This > >> virus simply destroys the Zero Sector of the Hard Disc, where the vital > >> information is kept. > >> > >> COPY THIS E-MAIL, AND SEND IT TO YOUR FRIENDS. REMEMBER: IF YOU SEND IT > >> TO THEM, YOU WILL BENEFIT ALL OF US > >> > >> EMAIL: phillipmathe...@bigpond.com > >> KR Web Page: www.philskr2.50megs.com > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------- > >> Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > >> to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > >> please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > >> to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > >> please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > >> > >> > > _______________________________________ > > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
