[BC] is some new virus out there?

[Cowboy]

On Sunday 27 November 2005 08:45 pm, WFIFeng at aol.com wrote:

>When the latest virus is swarming the 'net, crashing/infecting millions of 
>systems, bombarding every inbox in the World, including mine, I can laugh at it 
>with impunity. There is no possible way for it to penetrate this older 
>technology, because this software completely ignores HTML embedded within e-mail. 

 Sounds a tad over confident to me.
 YES it absolutely CAN penetrate that older technology !
 Just because there were fewer "back in the day" doesn't mean you're
 100% safe.
 HTML is not the only transport.

>This is not meant as a boast, it is absolute truth. I have been very active 
>online since the mid 1990's. Never once, has a virus ever infested *any* system 
>within my sphere of influence.

 I can not make that claim, which is one reason I learned a bit more about them.

>Oh, and BTW, I do not have any antivirus programs installed on *any* of these 
>systems, either. 
>The score thus far: Us, 100. Viruses, Zero.

 That you know about !

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