From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 7 19: 1:53 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailsrv.otenet.gr (mailsrv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A89937B405 for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2002 19:01:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from hades.hell.gr (patr530-a222.otenet.gr [212.205.215.222]) by mailsrv.otenet.gr (8.11.5/8.11.5) with ESMTP id g0831hf22756; Tue, 8 Jan 2002 05:01:43 +0200 (EET) Received: (from charon@localhost) by hades.hell.gr (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g0831de50454; Tue, 8 Jan 2002 05:01:39 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 05:01:39 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Anthony Atkielski Cc: Cliff Sarginson , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Teaching parents UNIX Message-ID: <20020108030139.GA50046@hades.hell.gr> References: <1DA741CA6767A144BAA4F10012536C27A97C@LKLDDC01.GARGANTUAN.COM> <20011230000519.GB7709@raggedclown.net> <001301c190f6$701b81d0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <001301c190f6$701b81d0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23.2i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 2001-12-30 06:54:25, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > > No. Viruses are spread by careless users almost exclusively. If you take > even a few precautions, you won't be infected by viruses. Well, precautions are not always enough. Virus writers are using an ever changing plethora of ways to spread their wickedness. I have seen a recent virus in action that infected machines when the user simply 'viewed' a web page. No attachment openings and stuff. Precautions are not enough. - Giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message