Here is the poster child for all that is wrong with top posting: Steph Smith wrote: > Politially correct torture, beat you up, > then give you a questioinare on how you 'felt'... ;-) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William Chops Westfield" > To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." > Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 10:22 PM > Subject: Re: [OT] Worm alert > > >> >>>>> ... threat that looks like an official e-mail from the CIA or FBI >>>>> but can leave your computer wide open to intruders. >>> >> Perhaps if you have a very guilty conscience. The one I received was >> from 'department@cia.gov' and contained significant grammar errors. >> Besides, I know as an american that if the CIA gets mad at me, they'll >> come knocking down my door with a swat team, not send some reasonably >> polite email, cause I watch TV! Shucks, with the stuff I do rather >> openly, I'll probably just disappear to a 'camp' in cuba... >> >> >>> Since I use Gmail, I feel safer than people browsing their mail on a >>> dedicated mail program (Thunderbird, Outlook, etc.). >>> >>> Does anyone have a feel for the veracity of that? >> >> Gmail, or yahoo, or other web-based email systems, insert presumably >> highly-supported, well maintained, carefully monitored, and very >> up-to-date email client software in between you and any viruses or >> worms/etc that might be out there. I would think the involved >> companies have a very strong interest in NOT seeing such malware >> propagated. In addition, malware that exploits actual bugs in the >> client software (buffer overflow cracks and such) would end up >> attacking the host software and not your PC software. However, >> web browsers are equally guilty to most pc clients in that their >> ease-of-use features still allow you to easily do stupid things >> like 'click on the attachment', so "social engineering cracks" >> like this one wouldn't seem to be much safer read either way. And >> browsers have their own list of crackable bugs... >> >> BillW >> >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >> View/change your membership options at >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist ****************************************************************** Embed Inc, Littleton Massachusetts, (978) 742-9014. #1 PIC consultant in 2004 program year. http://www.embedinc.com/products -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist