<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2719.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear List, and anyone who writes = messages feeling some guilt</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There is no one to blame for this = ocassional virus outbursts,  Their creators keep finding ways of making them more = and more clever day after day, modern viruses wil encript, will change shape, = will send messages using lines You used sometimes to confuse your friends. Even = more, at one time, and mind you, I am careful enough to have the latest antivirus = update, a virus sent to me was not able to get into my computer, but it did get = into my Hotmail server, my computer was clean, but the virus kept resending = itself from my address book at Hotmail!!!  So, do not feel guilty nor blame = anybody, just try to be as careful as you can. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Elian</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=kevin.e.ramsey@cox.net = href="mailto:kevin.e.ramsey@cox.net">Kevin E. Ramsey</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 30, = 2002 22:08</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Who to blame the = vius on</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    I was one of the = people who posted who the message was sent to me by, but I never placed any blame = on this individual specifically, seeing as how the new message had an = @microsoft.com domain name, and the last post I got from him had an @aol.com = domain.  I just thought that was interesting, and if he saw my post would examine = his machine. For all I know, the virus could find his user name and assign = any domain name from a host of known ones and send itself out again. But = we will never find out if we don't share clues as to the origin of the host. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Even if one of us = gets a virus infection from someone on the list, it doesn't make sense to blame = that individual. He had his guard down just like the person who got = infected. OK, so you're both negligent. </FONT><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">One could also not use the address book in Windows! I never have and have<BR>never had that particular = problem!<BR><BR>Avery<BR><BR>>What does it all mean?  It means slow down and do some research before you<BR>>name names and place blame publicly.  Remember, it's = the virus designers who<BR>>are to blame, not your friends and colleagues.<BR>><BR>>Dave Streit, RPT<BR>>Portland, = OR<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>pianotec= h list info: <A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</A></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>