Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 17:25:07 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: New virus for PC users to watch out for--W32.Yaha.K at mm
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

> kfl at KeithLynch.net 12/31/02 12:53PM
>You should phrase that as "New virus for Microsoft users to watch
>out for".

Oh, that's just the folks in the IS Dept here at JHUP . . . .

>If you'd prefer not to simply avoid all Microsoft products as I do,
>another approach is to block all email that contains HTML, base64,
>or attachments.  I do that, too.

I do not have a computer at home - it's all done from work.  But one of =
these days I will get one for the home.  And as geekless as I am, I'll =
stay away from as much MS software as possible.

>
>I've never had antivirus software or a personal firewall.  And I've
>never needed either.

Well, you're more knowledgeable in the world of computers than most folks. =
 Most folks these days just, so to speak, put the key in the ignition and =
drive off . . .

mjw