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Re: internet complaint
Posted By: El Fishski, on host 210.50.30.3
Date: Sunday, July 29, 2001, at 23:44:22
In Reply To: Re: internet complaint posted by Melanie on Sunday, July 29, 2001, at 10:06:54:

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> I don't open anything unless I know the person it is from. And I never accept attachments. Are there really people out there who do? If so they must be really new to the internet. A warning to all who have not learned: Don't open unknown attachments. That's all
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Sadly, there are many many who do - that's how they keep spreading, and it won't matter how many times you tell them that there is a virus going around (notably last year at college), their response as they nevertheless open it will still be "But it said it was a joke, it might be _funny_, I have to open it".

El"Contaminated with some stupid word virus which doesn't seem to do anything bad so I just ignore it... I didn't get it through email" Fishski