Re: VIRUS IN FILES SECTION CLEARCAM.EXE

Virus ?

I thought it was a silicon based CNC program that worked primarally
on magnetic media ?

I think a simple 'pocket' routine on your hard drive is all they do ?

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Chris <chris2003@s...> wrote:
> Why the HEEL are people sending viruses?
> If you at all by any chance loged their IP i can easly track their
ISP admin
> down and write a letter/email get them suspended from acess or
deleted from
> that isp
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tim Goldstein" <timg@k...>
> To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 11:40 AM
> Subject: RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] VIRUS IN FILES SECTION CLEARCAM.EXE
>
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > >Thanks for the heads up. I have deleted the file and banned
> > > the member.
> > > >Uploading a virus seems to me to be a strong indication that
this
> > > >person is not someone we want on the list. No way it was an
accident.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > That may be a bit harsh, there is at least some possibility
> > > it could be an accident. Although, I would in most cases run
> > > a program I got from some internet source before putting it
> > > in a dropbox or sending it to a list. It is not unheard of
> > > for commercial software vendors to publish virus- containing
> > > files on their official sites or on snail-mailed media. It is
> > > also possible (don't know this particular virus) that his own
> > > machine is infected, and the virus attached itself to the
> > > file he sent to the dropbox.
> >
> > The file size matched the virus size. This was not an accident,
but an
> > intentional effort to spread the virus. The virus was
not "attached" to
> > the file, but was the file.
> >
> > I have what may be considered an antiquated view on justice. Do
the
> > crime and you do the time. No warning, no second chances. Now if
you
> > really want to hack me off just try to start justifying doing
something
> > that is unquestionably wrong. Like posting a virus in the file
section.
> >
> >
> > Tim
> > [Denver, CO]
> >
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