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Re: [sharechat] Protection against LoveLetter trojan


From: Richard Hadfield <richard@hadfield.co.nz>
Date: Fri, 05 May 2000 23:14:55 +1200


If you guys are going to insist on giving computer maintenence advice on this
forum...then tell them all to use Macs. The worm relies on VBScript, and there
is no system-level access for that language on the Mac. And anyway the Mac is a
way better machine all round.

>
> I've installed a temporary hack that will block all messages with the
> subject line 'ILOVEYOU'.
>
> _______________________________________________________________________
> Will Bryant, will@core-dev.co.nz                    cell +64 21 655 443
> http://www.core-dev.co.nz/    Personal: http://www.core-dev.co.nz/will/
> ShareChat Ltd. technical manager            http://www.sharechat.co.nz/
> [PGP 0x96A7F40A, FP 827F A2A9 C718 106D 8F80  E16E A244 D5F2 96A7 F40A]
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