[gui-talk] important alert.

Thu Mar 5 00:08:05 UTC 2009

Albert,

I don't set policy on any of these lists, so I'm just describing my 
experience. If a mod wants to devote some of his or her time to researching 
virus warnings and deciding whether or not to post them to the mailing list 
they're in charge of, fine by me. But I'd just as soon not be subjected to 
most of these on a mailing list. I've been subscribed to lists for nearly 
fifteen years by now and never, ever gotten through them a mass-mailed virus 
warning that was legitimate. The one time I was naive and inexperienced 
enough to open an unexpected file attachment on an email from a trusted 
friend's address and had to get a lot of skilled help to clean up the 
resulting mess, I'd never seen that virus mentioned in any of the virus 
alerts that had come through a couple of my lists and by the courtesy of 
several credulous-type friends. So I've got no dog in that fight.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "albert griffith" <albertgriffith at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] important alert.

In my opinion that's unfortunate.  While most threats are hoaxes and those
that aren't are handled by updates in everyone's antivirus program, I'd want
to know about them if I were a moderator of a list since occasionally the
notification comes before most list members might know about it.  I would
forbid their being posted directly to my list to avoid the traffic and
because most of them are false.

-----Original Message-----
From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Joel Deutsch
Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 11:48 AM
To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] important alert.

Wel, on most of the other lists to which I'm subscribed, mass mailings of
any kind, including virus warnings, are simply forbidden. There's not even a

provision for bothering the mod with such things. They generally don't
deserve the dignification.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "albert griffith" <albertgriffith at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 5:17 AM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] important alert.

To avoid traffic these alerts should be first sent to the list moderator.
Then, the moderator can only send on announcement to the list if he/she
wants to.

-----Original Message-----
From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Joel Deutsch
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 2:35 PM
To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] important alert.

Hi,

before freaking out about this supposed current virus threat, it would be
informative to read the information about it at Snopes.com, which
investigates, explains and evaluates such warnings. This one originated in
the fall of 2006, and much about it is interesting to read. here's the URL
of the Snopes page about this virus warning. if the link takes up two lines
in your eamail, as it does in mine, first note where the line break is, then

copy and paste the entire URL into your browser's address bar, but then look

for the place where the line break was and make sure there's no space there
to break up the URL, by deleting a space if you find one.

http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=mail+server+report&sp-a=00062d45-sp0000
0000&sp-advanced=1&sp-p=all&sp-w-control=1&sp-w=alike&sp-date-range=-1&sp-x=
any&sp-c=100&sp-m=1&sp-s=0----- Original Message -----From:
<Kenlawrence124 at aol.com>To: <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>Cc: <napub at nfbnet.org>Sent:
Tuesday, March 03, 2009 10:46 AMSubject: [gui-talk] important alert.Hi list
members I can confirm that what I'm posting below is real and thesorce is
credible This was forwarded to me by a music contact please payattention.
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has> > Access to the Internet.>  >> > You may receive an apparently harmless
e-mail titled>  'Mail Server Report'> >> > If you open either file, a
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